If you ever need an opinion on a young and upcoming striker, there aren’t many better than Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer for that.
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But don’t rule out Man City and Liverpool’s star strikers to be amongst the top scorers next season.
Talking on Sky Sports ahead of the Sir Bobby Robson Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament (h/t Liverpool Echo), Shearer claimed that he was ‘certain’ about both players doing well for their teams from next season.
The PL now has two new young strikers to look forward to, with Liverpool signing Darwin Nunez from SL Benfica and Erling Haaland joining Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund.
It was about time this league had two young strikers going at it for the biggest individual prizes.
The Uruguayan in particular was sensational last season in Europe, netting against both Barcelona and Liverpool.
Those games would have caught the eye of fans around the world- Shearer being one of them.
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