‘I want to do it again’: Erling Haaland vows Man City will seek to ‘defend what we have won’ after completing the Treble
Erling Haaland warned Manchester City‘s rivals that their Treble success has not nearly satisfied his appetite for trophies.
The Norwegian striker has been the focal point of the club’s Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League successes, even though he failed to score in the Istanbul final against Inter Milan.
He said: ‘Even in my wildest dreams I did not think of this as happening to 22 year old me. It shows it is possible for a guy from a small town in Norway.
‘It also gives motivation to other young people in my situation playing football, in an indoor hall in my home town, unbelievable.
‘I said earlier about having good people around me throughout my whole life having good people you can trust even more important nowadays, to have this is fantastic, my mum and father I am so happy.
Erling Haaland believes Man City can repeat their trophy laden campaign next season
Haaland believes he can still improve further under Pep Guardiola following his debut season
‘I think after a couple days when this settles a bit, this feeling of winning this trophy I want to do it again for sure. I know this is how I will think.
‘We have to defend what we won this season. In a month or two everything is forgotten, that’s life.’
Despite failing to score in the final, Haaland contributed 52 goals to Man City’s Treble winning season.
The forward insists he can still improve further and believes City boss Pep Guardiola can continue to develop his game.
‘I can improve a lot,’ Haaland said.
‘On a good day I could have scored two goals but really dont care about that right now, in finals it is about winning you all know that, about getting the trophy.
‘He [Guardiola] is really emotional, in such a big game, the pressure is unbelievable,
‘To work for him is really special, we have a really good relationship, he helps me a lot and next season I am looking forward to improving more.
‘To get trained by the best coach in the world every day is a good place to be.’