admin Haaland is among the favourites for this season’s Ballon d’Or, City striker won the treble and broke scoring records. Lionel Messi & Kylian Mbappe are seen as the main rivals. Manchester City striker Erling Haaland admitted he believes he can win the Golden Ball this year.
Haaland is one of the favorites for this year’s award after scoring 52 goals in just 53 games last season en route to winning the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
No one can match that CV at club level and Haaland admits he is ready to win the Ballon d’Or.
“I really believe in myself,” he told France Football. “I know I can still improve a lot, I’m still young.But yes, I think this year I have a chance.”
Haaland faces off against the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi, the latter of whom led Argentina to their famous World Cup win in the winter.
That international success could give Messi an advantage in the Ballon d’Or race and Haaland admitted he wants to try and taste his own glory with Norway.
“I dream of accomplishing great things with my country,” he said. “We are a small country of barely 5.5m inhabitants, so it is not easy. But I dream of participating in a Euro or a World Cup.
“From there to imagining winning… It’s not impossible, but hey… For now, we’re above all fighting to simply qualify and that’s my goal. First, a qualification for a major tournament; then we can dream of bigger things. It’s a huge challenge and I like challenges.”
