Christian Vieri heaped praise upon Borussia Dortmund and Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland. ‘Not even Marco van Basten was that good at age 20.’
The retired Italy hitman is hugely impressed by Haaland, who turned 21 in July and scored 41 goals in 41 competitive games for his club last season.
Vieri was speaking on his Twitch channel, Bobo TV, when asked if Haaland was like a mixture between him and Adriano.
“I played with Adriano when he was 20 years old, but the Brazilian wasn’t as strong as Haaland,” replied the former Inter hitman.
“I have not seen anyone in the last 20-30 years as good as Haaland in the centre-forward role. Perhaps not even Van Basten was that good at age 20.”
Haaland also has 12 goals in just 15 senior caps for Norway.