Kevin De Bruyne predicts Manchester City teammate Erling Haaland could exceed 800 goals across his career

Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne has made a staggering prediction on Erling Haaland’s potential career total of goals, when the time eventually comes for the Norway international to retire.

The Premier League champions’ on-form duo got back to winning ways upon their return to competitive club action on Thursday night, as City secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

A dramatic 3-2 win over league rivals Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium was started off via another sublime combination between Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland, as the Belgian whipped a delightful cross in from the left, allowing the Norwegian forward to slam the ball home via his studs.

Such is their borderline telepathic link that many believe Haaland could go on to destroy goalscoring records in English football before his time with Manchester City comes to a close, and this certainly a view shared by De Bruyne.

Speaking after the midweek win over Jurgen Klopp’s side, Kevin De Bruyne admitted that he could see Haaland exceeding 800 goals scored across the course of his professional career.

When asked to compare Erling Haaland to other top-level strikers in the game, the Belgium international responded, “It is very hard to compare because they are all totally different. They play in the same position, but some are physical players, some are speed demons and they can all score goals for fun.”

De Bruyne continued, “Erling hasn’t because of his age, but they have all scored 300 or 400 goals. Erling is so obsessed with goals he can maybe go beyond that. He already has about 200 goals, so he can probably go to 600, 700 or 800 if he stays fit and does the things that he does.”

“For the rest (I have played with), I don’t really compare them because that is not the way I look at football. Erling is a top-level striker. I don’t think it is fair to compare or rank them because some are at the start of their career and some are at the end or the middle of their careers, so I don’t like to rank them.”

Manchester City return to Premier League action on December 28, with a trip to Elland Road on the cards as Pep Guardiola and his players will look to return to winning ways in the top-flight against Jesse Marsch’s well-drilled Leeds United outfit.