Manchester City forward, Erling Haaland has labelled Manager, Pep Guardiola as a ‘Football freak’.

Haaland, who disclosed this during an interview with Telemundo Deportes also commended Guardiola’s complicated tactical approach so far this season, adding that the Spaniard is crazy about football.

The Norwegian has slotted into Man City’s set-up, having joined the club from Borussia Dortmund this summer and has scored two hat-tricks and a total of 12 goals in just eight games for the Premier League champions.

“I think he [Guardiola] is kind of a bit of a football freak like me,” 

“We both love football and yeah, he was a player now he’s a manager and yeah, he’s crazy about football and this is something I like because he thinks of everything in football, and how you can do things better, and this is what I like about [him].’’

“It’s been good so far [settling in]. You can see the goals and how we’ve been playing.’’

“It’s a really complicated system and I have been going in the team and trying to get it [the tactics] as quick as I can because there is no time.’’

“I cannot waste time doing anything else. So I have been trying to get into the team as quickly as I can. It’s a nice system, a really complicated system, but it’s really nice.’’