An interesting story that has gotten the attention of the media, reports that Crystal Palace were chasing both Jordan Ayew and Erling Haaland in 2018 but the then-manager, Roy Hodgson, opted to sign the Ghanaian instead.
A story carried
by the Daily Mail indicates that Hodgson, who managed the Eagles from 2017 to
2021, saw Ayew as the superior player.
The English
manager, therefore, picked Ayew over Haaland, with the belief that the
Norwegian striker wasn’t physical enough for the Premier League.
It is worth
noting, however, that Haaland was an untested, fledgling 17-year-old at the
time and was on the books of Molde.
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Ayew, though, was coming on the back of a decent season with Swansea City, where he had scored seven goals in the Premier League and provided two assists.
As fate would
have it, both players are currently playing in the Premier League for Crystal
Palace and Manchester City, respectively.
But while Ayew
has struggled for form this season and has only scored one goal, Haaland has
been scoring for fun at the Etihad.
The 22-year-old
scored five goals as Pep Guardiola’s side recorded an emphatic 7-0 win over RB
Leipzig to progress to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League on
Tuesday
Source: Pulse.com.gh
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