Plunge by 30 million? Haalander turned around and the top spot may be out of business. The data hit a new low in Manchester City s career.

On May 30, the German transfer market website will announce the latest value of the new Premier League players. Haaland, currently leading the way in 200 million euros, may usher in a plunge of 30 million euros, thus giving up the throne of being the first to be famous. However, this is also directly related to his performance this season.

In the just-concluded 2024/25 season, Haaland played 44 games for Manchester City, scoring 31 goals and sending 4 assists, including 22 goals and 3 assists in 31 Premier League games, ranking third in the scorer list, missing the Premier League Golden Boot three consecutive dominances. 31 goals and 4 assists also created the worst data in Haaland's three seasons in joining Manchester City. And his downturn is also an important reason why Manchester City is missing all four of them this season.

In fact, in the previous two seasons, Haaland's personal data of 52 goals and 9 assists in 53 games and 38 goals and 6 assists in 45 games were still very outstanding. Under his leadership, Manchester City also achieved the achievements of the European triple-champion and the Premier League four consecutive championships respectively. Haaland's personal data declined this season, and Manchester City also lost all four majors. Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Haaland.

Before Haaland joined, Manchester City won two consecutive Premier League championships with a set of strikerless formations, and reached the Champions League finals and the semi-finals one after another. But the two failures made Guardiola and Manchester City feel the pain of the deadly front killer without a single blow, and Haaland came to Manchester City in this situation. Of course, Manchester City's move has also been questioned a lot, because Haaland's technical characteristics are really out of place with Guardiola's tactical style.

As the center, Haaland has a huge body of 1.95 meters, but at the same time, the explosive power and speed are also excellent, which makes him full of impact in the frontcourt. During his previous play for Dortmund, Haaland's specialty was Haaland's specialty to start a long-distance run in the first half. Of course, this style of play is also a double-edged sword. While scoring a goal, Haaland's knee was also overwhelmed by this kind of impact. In his last season in Dortmund, he only played 30 games in various games due to a serious knee injury.

Manchester City and Guardiola also went through careful consideration on how to use Haaland, and finally chose to make him the team's last strike executor, sending the balls sent by his teammates to the net through complicated passes. With a group of passers like De Bruyne and B Se, Gundogan, Rodri, Gallish and Mahrez, Haaland only needs to eat the cake fed to his mouth to complete the task. So in the 2022/23 season, he not only set a new high of 52 goals in a single season, but also maintained good health because he no longer frequently hit the opponent's defense line, and his attendance rate in 52 games also set a career high.

In the 2023/24 season, Gundogan, Mahrez and other main players left the team, and De Bruyne also suffered a serious injury and rested for half a season. Haaland received a support greatly reduced. But at that time, Manchester City had Rodri, and two striker killers, Phylfordon and Alvarez. Even so, Haaland was overwhelmed by more retreats and took the ball and had a quit for about 2 months. Fortunately, Alvarez and Foden jointly took on the front line, not only won the Club World Cup championship, but also maintained pressure on Arsenal and Liverpool in the Premier League standings. Finally, after welcoming the comeback from Haaland and De Bruyne, he successfully defended his title in one fell swoop, achieving an unprecedented four consecutive Premier League championships.

And in the most difficult season, Alvarez left the team, Rodri was seriously injured, and De Bruyne also played the worst season of Manchester City's career due to injuries. But even so, Guardiola still insisted on his pass control tactics, and the result was that he had a ball possession rate, but he was vulnerable in the midfield and backcourt, and Haaland on the front line was isolated and helpless. In fact, after signing new players such as Malmush, Nico Gonzalez and Husanov in the winter window, Manchester City can actually use defensive counterattack tactics to exert the maximum energy of counterattack experts such as Haaland, Malmush, Doku and Savigno. Unfortunately, Guardiola did not do so. Of course, it is also possible, his self-esteem just makes him unwilling to let go of his figure.

So, it is not surprising that Haaland played the worst season of Manchester City's career. Of course, in addition to objective reasons, the shortcomings of Norwegian center forward's poor combat capabilities and over-reliance on teammates' support also urgently need to be improved. In the new season, he has no De Bruyne and may not have a B seat. The real test may have just begun.