Deeney: Many players imitated Haaland and drank milk. The Gunners and the Red Army also followed suit and used Nordic forwards.

On November 8th, former Premier League forward Deeney published an article in his personal column in The Sun, commenting on Premier League players imitating Haaland’s behavior of drinking milk. The content is as follows:

Haaland’s outstanding performance in Manchester City has led many Premier League players to imitate his habit of drinking raw milk, hoping to replicate his success in Manchester City. Haaland has revealed how he lives his life as if drinking raw milk and eating tomahawk steak is all he needs to do to become one of the greatest strikers of all time.

Of course, this is pure nonsense. If this method works for him, that's great. But Haaland is a goalscoring machine in his own right, and it doesn't make much difference whether he's drinking raw milk or a strawberry milkshake.

People like me don't line up at the local farm store to buy raw milk, but his competitors probably do. Football players are mostly imitators. Remember how often Bell used kinesio tape? He scored with an overhead kick for Real Madrid against Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final, and everyone ran to buy the same thing.

When Bell had tape all over his hamstring, calf, elbow and left shin, everyone was like "Oh, I'm going to do that too, because that must be why he plays so well." But now, no one uses this tape anymore. But they all seem to think that cutting holes in the back of socks is a shortcut to success. If one player does something different and is successful, others will follow suit. This is nonsense.

Coaches are no exception. Because Guardiola had a tall Nordic striker leading the attack, Arsenal and Liverpool followed suit. But none of their forwards are as good as Haaland. If Haaland were a stock, we'd all be buying it. He is the Tesla or Amazon of football.

Haaland scored 98 goals in 107 Premier League games, which is incredible. The question is not whether he will reach 100 goals, but which half against Liverpool tomorrow he will achieve it.

Whether he will break Alan Shearer's Premier League record of 260 goals is no longer a question. If he fulfills his current contract, he will not only break this record, but also leave it far behind, and may even exceed 500 goals.

Even outstanding players like Kane and Salah have never had such a brilliant season. Even a defender as confident as Van Dijk, standing in the tunnel tomorrow, will look to his left and have some doubts.

I remember my first season in the Premier League, seeing John Terry and Petr Cech against Chelsea. Not only do I have to look to my left, I look up, thinking: "Oh my god, he's so tall... Oh my god, he's taller."

Van Dijk is one of the best centre-backs in the world, but he must have been worried when he saw Haaland tear apart Arsenal's best pairing of Saliba and Gabriel. Liverpool's defenders will always remind themselves that even a small mistake will be punished mercilessly by this blond beast.

The most impressive thing about this season is that, in addition to about 32 goals per week, Haaland has become a more complete player. After being criticized by some for his "quiet" performance last year (despite still scoring 22 goals), he has returned as a true leader.

His ball-carrying ability has greatly improved and he is now part of Guardiola's leadership team, while still maintaining a prolific goal-scoring rate. It's horrifying to see him in his current state. Whatever City do this season, it all comes down to Haaland.