The brutal first comment Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made to Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland has revealed the brutal first words Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and how it spurred him on to become the deadliest striker in the Premier League.

He joined from Byrne in 2017 but Solskjaer wasn't too impressed with his fellow striker to begin with and told him as much.

They did indeed work on that, constantly whipping in crosses so that he improved his aerial prowess.

“This is what we did for two years, the whole period I was in Molde," Haaland added.

"And it was a good thing, because I couldn’t hit the ball, and now I’m scoring goals with my head – thanks to them.”

However, Ed Woodward, United's executive-vice-chairman at the time, would not agree to the fees from agent Mino Raiola and the insistence of a release clause in the contract.

Instead Haaland joined Dortmund on a four-year deal and developed into one of the world's best strikers, hitting 86 goals in 89 games all competitions.

He's replicated that form in a City shirt, though he will hope to finally get off the mark in 2023 against Spurs on Thursday.

Asked about his goals with City, Haaland commented: “I will try to do everything in my power to win trophies here with Manchester City and to try to be the game changer. “My goal is to win the Champions League, hopefully.”