Ring the bells for Premier League greats; Alan Shearer and Andy Cole after Haaland shattered their long-running joint-scoring record.
Erling Haaland already has a long list of achievements during his first season in English football but, the most striking thing he has done is making the craft of his predecessors look ordinary.
Amongst the many strikers who have graced the Premier League stage, none has taken over with same robot-like efficiency of the Norwegian.
Haaland scored his 35th goal of the season on Wednesday as Manchester City beat West Ham 3-0 to reclaim top spot in the Premier League table from Arsenal.
The delicate finish, bookended by an opening header from Nathan Ake and a deflected Phil Foden volley, moved him past Alan Shearer and Andy Cole as the top scorer in the Premier League in a single season.
Cole struck 34 goals in his first top-flight campaign with Newcastle in 1993-94 while Alan Shearer did the same the following year with Blackburn.
But by the standards of Haaland, who has averaged more than a goal per game in his debut season with City and scores every 71 minutes, the two retired strikers are inefficient in front of goal.
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Haaland is only 22 and can go down as the best out-and-out striker in the history of the game.
Take a minute to imagine how the clubs who failed to spot how good he truly was must be feeling like at the moment.
From the time he was scoring for fun in Borussia Dortmund to when he was tearing up the Norwegian top-flight as a 17-year-old.
Now, we know Manchester City will be feeling good for going for him. A good buy and investment.
