Erling Haaland needed just four World Cup games to start rewriting the striker conversation.
In his first-ever World Cup, Haaland has already outscored some of this generation’s greatest No.9s across their entire World Cup careers. Players who had multiple tournaments, multiple chances, and still could not match what Haaland has done almost immediately.
Norway are not just here for a nice story anymore. They knocked out Ivory Coast, shocked Brazil, and now face England in the quarter-finals with Haaland carrying the kind of threat that can change everything in one moment.
Lewandowski, Benzema, Zlatan, Agüero, Suárez, Kane, Lukaku, Higuaín, Cavani — World Cup striker legacies are brutal. One tournament can define you forever.
Haaland has arrived late to the World Cup stage, but he is making up for lost time fast.
