Pep on Haaland comparisons to Messi and Ronaldo

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on Haaland comparisons to Messi and Ronaldo  27/09/2025  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Pep, in all your time in football, have you ever come across anyone as prolific as Erling

00:06in terms of the goals he scores?

00:08Messi, Cristiano, right?

00:10Is he the guy you would compare him to in terms of the...

00:12In terms of goals, yeah.

00:14At his age, maybe the numbers are better.

00:16But, yeah, in terms of goals, him, Harry Kane, Lewandowski, maybe, you know,

00:21these kind of guys, but it's too much.

00:25Messi and Cristiano have been doing 50-20 years every season,

00:30but Erlinger still is young and, yeah, he's at that level.

00:35In terms of goals, he's at that level.

00:42Pep, you've started Savinho in the last two matches.

00:45There's been talk that he's possibly going to sign a new contract here.

00:48Yeah.

00:49Is that right?

00:50And you've been sort of convinced since the interest in Spurs

00:54that this is where he sees his long-term future?

00:57Yeah, we were so clear that we want to keep him.

01:01It depends on the offer.

01:04Maybe the offer was not good enough at the club, I don't know.

01:07But, of course, the DTH last season paid a lot of minutes.

01:10He can play on both sides, right and left, have a pace that is unbelievable.

01:13So, in that term, he's really good.

01:15And also, Pep, Nico O'Reilly signed his deal yesterday.

01:20Yeah.

01:21It happened.

01:22Enrico Lewis, Nico O'Reilly and Savinho think it's close.

01:28In the past, Ruben had done it as well.

01:31So, the club will try to, you know, I'm pretty sure they will try to,

01:36the players like we want him, do the effort that we need to stay a hit longer.

01:42So, and I'm really pleased.

01:44Nico is growing a lot.

01:46And I think since he started to play, we lost just one game,

01:50the final FA Cup against Crystal Palace.

01:52We have been involved always.

01:54We were in defeat all the time.

01:56So, Nico helped us a lot, improved a lot in his aggressivity

01:59and in set pieces and with the ball.

02:02And, yeah, we're really, really pleased.

02:06Hi, Pep.

02:07Oscar made an impact off the bench today.

02:09You've been using more substitutions this season than previous years.

02:14Just wondering if there's...

02:15We need him.

02:16We need the guys for the bench in the first one.

02:18Two or three games was not good.

02:21And the guys who come for the bench, for example, Bernardo,

02:23give us what we need in that position.

02:26So, in that time, we are really, really,

02:28but really, really pleased that the impact from Oscar

02:31because we know in a small space it's always really, really good.

02:34I don't know if the score was on goal.

02:36I don't know if I was there.

02:37And that is what it comes.

02:40And could you check on Rodri as well?

02:42Rodri yesterday training.

02:44I said I'm not able to play.

02:46I have a lot of pain on my knee.

02:47I cannot play.

02:48I cannot play.

02:49And I said you cannot play.

02:50You don't play.

02:51So, another one is going to play.

02:53I don't know yet.

02:55Last one with Mike.

02:56So, is it the same knee that he injured?

02:58Yeah.

02:59Yeah.

03:00So, you have to be careful.

03:01Yeah.

03:04Okay.

03:05Thank you, guys.

03:06You got to play with someone?

03:15What?

03:17Yeah.

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