‘That’s disappointing!’ – James Milner makes stunning Erling Haaland claim after Liverpool’s win

James Milner has jokingly aired his disappointment at seeing Erling Haaland fail to honour a transfer promise in which he vowed to join Leeds.

Milner and Haaland, who were both born in Leeds, featured in the two meetings with the Man City striker scoring in the seven-goal thriller at Anfield.

The pair faced each other again on Sunday as Mohammed Salah’s goal 15 minutes from time secured a 1-0 victory for Liverpool over Man City in an enthralling contest on Merseyside.

Milner was born in Leeds and made his professional debut for the club while Haaland was also born in the city during his father’s time playing at Elland Road.

After the game, Milner was asked if Haaland tried to bond with him over their mutual love of Leeds but the Liverpool midfielder, who was deployed at right-back on Sunday, offered a surprise revelation

And asked by Jan Aage Fjortoft whether Haaland had brought up “Leeds, Leeds, Leeds” again, Milner told Viaplay that they had had a “little chat.”

“I can confirm he said he was going to sign for Leeds a few years ago when we played against him and he was obviously lying, so that’s disappointing!” the 36-year-old recalled.

Milner was then quizzed on whether Haaland had mentioned Leeds during their latest encounter, with the Reds veteran saying: “We had a little chat, yeah.”

Haaland, who has previously claimed that his dream is ‘to win the Premier League with Leeds’, was heavily linked with a move to Elland Road in 2018 when he was still in Norway with Molde, and a deal was rumoured to be agreed before Salzburg made a late offer to win the race for his signature.

He’d go on to score 29 goals in 27 games for Salzburg before bagging 86 in 89 for Borussia Dortmund.

Haaland has been a revelation in English football, netting 20 goals in 14 appearances, but drew a blank in his latest outing and will be looking to get back in the groove when City play host to Brighton on Saturday.