Former Fiorentina coach Claudio Ranieri has disclosed that Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is not in the same class with Gabriel Batitsuta and Dusan Vlahovic.
Ranieri made this known in an interview with Football Italia, where he said that Batitusta was a unique number nine.
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“Dusan is a very strong centre forward, I really like him. I still wonder how anyone can question him when he doesn’t score for three games.
“All strikers experience moments in which the ball doesn’t go in. Then they get going and don’t stop, just like Vlahovic. But let’s not make comparisons between different eras.
“Batitusta was a unique number nine: I wouldn’t even compare (Erling) Haaland to Bati. And we’re talking about a striker who scored tons of goals for (Pep) Guardiola’s City.”
