Luis Suarez has gotten involved in the comparison between Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe who are believed to be the next big thing after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe are currently the hottest youngsters in the world and they are consistently rated among the very best in the game in terms of their goalscoring ability.
Kylian Mbappe who currently plays for Paris Saint Germain is known for his speed which is blended with some intelligent movement that has proven to be so difficult for defenders to handle.
The 22-year-old French striker has made himself one of the fiercest strikers in the world especially in French Ligue 1 where he has consistently won the league top scorer award.
So far this season, the France international has scored 20 league goals and provided 6 assists in 25 games. He has scored a total number of 30 goals and provided 9 assists in 36 games. His effort has helped PSG to qualify for this season’s quarter-finals stage of the UEFA Champions League.
On the other hand, Erling Haaland who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund has remained one of the brightest stars in the German Bundesliga. The 20-year-old Norwegian striker has scored 21 league goals and provided 5 assists in 21 games this season. He has scored a total number of 33 goals and provided 8 assists in 31 games.
The Norway international is known for his positioning and his power whenever he is on the ball. The youngster can score at almost any angle if he is given the space around the eighteen-yard box.
His brilliance has helped Borussia Dortmund to scale through Sevilla to qualify for this season’s quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Based on the performance of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe for their different clubs in the last two seasons, Luis Suarez has agreed that the two stars are the future of football. However, he believes that Haaland is a little bit better than Mbappe.
The 34-year-old Atletico Madrid striker described Erling Haaland as one of the best “9” in the world of football and also described him as “a great player and he is at a spectacular level”.
“He [Haaland] has an admirable physical power and he is one of the best No.9’s in the world and he will mark an era”, Suarez told a Twitch interview with Gerard Romero, reported via Marca.
“I prefer Haaland a little more, but Mbappe is at a very high level”
Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe are transfer targets of some of the biggest clubs in Europe including Real Madrid, Liverpool, FC Barcelona, Chelsea, and a couple of others.
