Incredibly unlikely to do it playing in the Premier League, but at Real Madrid playing in La Liga or at Bayern Munich back in the Bundesliga, could Haaland give it a good go at breaking Messi’s ridiculous 2012 record?
Realistically he’d have to score 50+ league goals, 10-15+ UCL goals, 10-15+ National team goals and 20+ in other competitions… But if Norway were to have a good euro / world cup qualifiers and Haaland’s future club had a pretty good league, domestic cup and UCL campaign like Barca did in 2012, is it possible?
quite unlikely, but if i had to bet on a current player to do it, i would bet on haaland
40 PL + 15 CL + 20 FA/EFL/CWC/Supercups + 20 in NT qualifiers (Andorra, Gibraltar, Vatican city, you know CR7 style)
I’m sure his NT fans would be happy if he dragged them to a World Cup, CR7 style
That run all the way up to the World Cup group stage was truly glorious
In the im entire history of Portugal, they have go to 8 world cups. 5 of them with Ronaldo. And reached 2 euro finals. 2 with Ronaldo.
Maybe if he buys the refs
I mean probably not, even if he does it won’t be as iconic because Messi would dribble the whole team, Halaand is very good but a lot of the goals he scores are tap in’s (I’m not saying I could do better tap ins take good positioning too) but Messi would dribble a whole team.
That’s the key factor. Messi would score so many goals based on assists, and a whole lot of “fuck it, I’ll do it myself” goals.
I could see Erling scoring as many assists, or even more in his current team. But he’ll have to score a whole lot more to compensate for the solo goals.
I could see Mbappe getting close to that, specially considering his current national team performing so well. And, to be honest, a lot of the shitty competition Euro qualifiers tend to have.
No and if he could it would have to be in La Liga on a superteam
man city is already a superteam. winning 4 prems 1ucl in 5 years, on track for one more prem, maybe another cl too
messi could create goals out of thin air, he was extemely lethal getting the ball in that KDB zone and driving forward himself, being the false 9. he could easily give a through pass to the wings and get back the ball to score, dribble 5-6 defenders to score, take on shots outside the box, outpacing defenders. i dont think haaland can match this, not unless the entire midfield is in steroids all seasons and able to create that many chances for haaland and provided haaland is able to bury them
No I don’t think so. He’s a great player but him being the main is a blessing and a curse because yes, he gets 95% of chances created but at times, he can get man marked out of the game and not be able to make his own chances. E.g. vs Wolves when Craig Dawson pulled out one of the best performances of his career by limiting Haaland to 1 shot over the entire match. Messi got 92 chances not only because he also was the guy Barcelona wanted on the ball but in times when he couldn’t get on the last pass, like Haaland, he could drop deep, pick the ball up himself, create some magic by weaving in and out of players and getting a goal from nothing. Biggest problem is KDB being out because whilst Haaland can’t create magic out of nothing, KDB specialises in it and could find Haaland with his eyes closed. Losing someone like that, it’s impossible to score 92 goals.
He would need to improve massively. He’s nowhere close to CR7s peak numbers. Messi’s numbers are even more insane. In fact, CR7 might even out score him this year. Messi and ronaldo may seem human now that they are at an age where their teammates are all retired (Rooney us younger than CR and it feels like he hung up the boots ages ago) and haaland is an insane player, but Ronaldo and Messi are so good that even at their age Messi is the best in the world and Ronaldo might finish as the top scorer in the world. At their peaks, they would be so far ahead of Haalands current level that we wouldn’t even be having this discussion
No
I think he could beat his record, if he scores 92 goals.
Cheers, Geoff
Thanks, Michael
Yeah I reckon that would do it
Give him the greatest midfield of all time and not getting subbed out at the 60th minute when they’re demolishing teams and he can. Messi had all the right circumstances to reach it, if another player ends up in a similar situation it’s possible.
lol bro you got wrecked by logic multiple times
That’s the most unironic “Pessi could never” comment I’ve ever read. Are people already forgetting what happened when the “greatest midfield of all time” were no longer at the club vs what happened when Messi left?
It’s unreal that after all this years people still downplays him as if he was getting carried.
Even if you adjusted his minutes to Messi’s, he’s nowhere near when it comes to goals
Also , I’d argue that Barca’s midfield would be worse at creating chances for haaland compared to the situation he has. While Xavi and iniesta are two of the best ever, they weren’t final ball machines like kdb. Their strength lied in keeping possession and shifting the opposition team’s structure to allow Messi weak points to attack. But that still would require Messi to often pick up the ball deeper and run into those weak points. Haaland can’t do that nearly as effectively
Kdb has been the injured the majority of the time that haaland has been there. Also don’t try to downplay the rest of the team to make Messi seem more impressive. That Barcelona team is literally seen as one of the best of all time, it wasn’t just because of Messi. If haaland played every minute with a team that good he would have at least 70 a year. You also have to realize that scoring in La liga is easier for great players. Messi, Ronaldo, and Suarez were putting up over 50 a year.
lol get wrecked