Man City’s Haaland picks up Premier League’s Player of the Season AND Young Player of the Season
History maker! Man City’s scoring machine Erling Haaland becomes the first player EVER to be crowned Premier League’s Player of the Season AND Young Player of the Season in the same campaign
- The 22-year-old striker has had a towering first campaign in English top flight
- Haaland made the move from Borussia Dortmund to Man City in August 2022
- The Norwegian said that his bumper debut came as somewhat of a surprise
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Erling Haaland has become the first player to be awarded both Player of the Season and Young Player of the Year in the Premier League‘s annual awards.
The two awards are just the latest the Norwegian striker will be able to add to his cabinet after winning the Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year in early May, and lifting his first Premier League trophy with Manchester City on Sunday.
Haaland has had a magnificent debut season in the English top flight, becoming the highest scoring player in a single league season after smashing Alan Shearer‘s 35-goal record in 36 appearances.
Upon receiving his FWA award, Haaland shared that his runaway success during his opening season playing for Manchester City has taken him somewhat by surprise.
‘I feel good, it’s a special moment,’ he said, speaking to the FWA. ‘I expected to do good things but, to do this, I didn’t expect.’
Erling Haaland is the first player to clinch this landmark honour in Premier League history
The Norwegian striker picked up the FWA Footballer of the Year award earlier this week
On Sunday, Haaland hoisted the Premier League trophy aloft after winning with three games left to play this season
But instead of resting on his laurels, Haaland will be ramping up preparations with the rest of Pep Guardiola’s side as they continue their pursuit of a historic Treble.
City will first contest the FA Cup against their crosstown rivals Manchester United on June 3, before flying to Istanbul a week later to battle Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
‘There are two finals left, we have to stay focused even though we won the Premier League,’ the striker added.
‘We have to stay focused to achieve what we can achieve in the next two finals. I will do everything I can to achieve good things in the finals and hopefully win both.’
The 22-year-old slotted five part RB Leipzig en route to what could be a historic UCL victory
Pep Guardiola’s side booked their ticket to Istanbul after beating Real Madrid in the semi-finals
Haaland has scored 52 goals in 51 appearances for City across all competitions, and although he is some way off breaking Dixie Dean’s landmark record, he has come tantalisingly close.
The 22-year-old has found particulay joy in Europe and after slipping five goals past a luckless RB Leipzig in their round-of-16 meeting, Haaland become only the third player in the competition’s history to score five in a single match.
City’s highest goalscorer in a single season will get his final league opportunity to put rivals even further away from breaking his record on Sunday, when the Cityzens will play Brentford away.
The Bees shocked City 2-1 at the Etihad in November 2022, and will look to repeat the feat at home, but without their top scorer Ivan Toney.
