Playing alongside Erling Haaland for both Manchester City and Norway must feel like a borderline surreal experience for Oscar Bobb.
Considering Bobb is just 22, the fact that a potential all-time great like Erling Haaland has been his teammate for a few years will certainly aid in his development.
The Manchester City striker is a global phenomenon, establishing his reputation as one of the most feared strikers in world football since becoming a star player at Borussia Dortmund.
Bobb admitted he seeks advice from Haaland and rightfully so, considering the 25-year-old is one of the best players in Europe.
Oscar Bobb says Neymar is better than Erling Haaland
If Oscar Bobb can become even half the player his countryman is, City would have a special footballer on their books.
Pep Guardiola has praised Bobb’s work ethic, which shows that he has the right attitude to become an elite player like the Leeds-born striker.
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Bobb told TV 2 Sport in a game of start, bench and sell that he would start Neymar, substitute Haaland and offload Kylian Mbappe with every player at the respective peaks of their careers.
Erling Haaland looking on before Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
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The Norwegian technician said: “I’d start Neymar, bench Haaland, sell Mbappe.”
Erling Haaland stats compared to Neymar
Considering Bobb often plays on the wing much like Neymar, he must be inspired by the Brazilian international as he is far more similar to him as a player than Haaland, who Gabriel Magalhaes called “awesome.”
The former RB Salzburg goalscorer is yet to play as many games as the Santos forward.
ALL-TIME STATS ERLING HAALAND NEYMAR
MATCHES 375 739
GOALS 315 445
ASSISTS 61 286
As things stand, Neymar’s numbers are far superior to those of Haaland, as he has scored 130 goals than him and provided 225 assists. However, the former Paris Saint-Germain winger has also played almost double the games as Haaland.
As a result, it comes as no surprise that in terms of his output, Neymar remains superior but judging by Haaland’s trajectory, he could certainly usurp the 33-year-old as a goalscorer.