Roy Keane doubles down on controversial Erling Haaland comments

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Roy Keane has doubled down on his criticism of Erling Haaland on Sky Sports after Manchester City's goalless draw with Arsenal.

. On Sky Sports after Manchester City’s goalless draw with Arsenal, the former Manchester United captain compared Haaland’s ability in general play to that of a

“His general play, week in, week out is nowhere near good enough. As a goal scorer and a striker, the best – and I said that. His link-up play, the way he lays the ball off, sometimes the options he gives his teammates or the options he doesn’t give them – as a striker and a goal scorer the best in the world, but his other play is that of a League Two player.

Ian Wright appeared on the show alongside Keane and agreed with him about most of the points he made about Haaland. Wright, however, took exception to the striker being called a ‘League Two player’. “When you look at him scoring, he’s clocking that level in respect of when the players around him have time, they can play it through to him and he goes on to score.“But we need to remember he’s only 23, he’s still learning the game, but you need to be more savvy in how you’re going to make moves to get time on the ball, and what we’re seeing is that he’s not doing that currently.

 

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