‘He’s not that guy’ – Man City fans react as Rio Ferdinand make Harry Kane claims after Erling Haaland’s excellent start to the season

Rio Ferdinand believes that Harry Kane will be sick with envy after watching Erling Haaland’s excellent start to the season for Manchester City.

The England captain was heavily linked with a move to the Etihad of his own last year, though Pep Guardiola’s side couldn’t meet Tottenham’s staggering £150million valuation of their star player.

Instead, City waited it out a year and signed Haaland from Borussia Dortmund for a cut-price £51m and the Norwegian has already scored 20 goals in just 13 appearances.

Ferdinand thinks that Kane may well wonder what might have been, and has no doubt that the England captain would have been a success at the Etihad Stadium.

“If I were City before Haaland came, I would have taken Kane,” Ferdinand explained on FIVE. “Kane’s a goal scorer, he’s a killer, he’s as cold as you get. In any era he scores goals. I think he would have been brilliant at Man City.

“If I’m him, I’m absolutely puking up in my own mouth and trying not to swallow it when I’m watching Haaland now. Because I’m thinking that could have been me.

These Ferdinand’s comments shared on Twitter gathered a number of replies from a wide range of Man City supporters.

“He’s not that guy unfortunately ”
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“Kane wouldn’t have scored half the goal Erling has.”
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“He would have been banging goals but not as much as Erling though”
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“Can you imagine lol.. Kane/Haaland partnership should be made illegal. Unfortunately I think that ship has sailed. We’ll never know what could of been.”
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“kane is not that guy despite all of us secretly accepting him”
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“They’ve already thanked Tottenham for not selling Kane to City. Because of him, we have Haaland”
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“Kane can’t do what Haaland has been doing ”
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