Erling Haaland set to beat Premier League record set by Thierry Henry 20 years ago

Manchester City's goalscorer-in-chief has set the Premier League alight in his inaugural campaign, breaking record after record and is closing in one Thierry Henry's long-standing achievement.

Though goals are Erling Haaland's forte, he has also dished out the odd assist, taking his goal involvement tally to a highly respectable 44. His latest lay-off to Phil Foden at Brighton matched the Premier League record of total goal involvements in a single season.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry set the same record two decades prior, but the new kid on the block will want to leave the Frenchman in the dust by surpassing it in City's finale at Brentford.

Erling Haaland matches Thierry Henry's goal involvement record

Both Premier League cult heroes in their own right, but with Haaland's career still in his infancy, he has all the sufficient tools to surpass Henry's legacy. Marry that up with Pep Guardiola's ideology and we have an all-timer on our hands.

His arrival divided opinion: some believed he was the world-beating attacker that City craved while some were under the impression he couldn't hit the heights of the likes of Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah. Oh, how wrong were they.

Guardiola muttered that Sergio Aguero was irreplaceable upon his departure but has been proved entirely wrong by Haaland's first season in England. An audacious chip over Lukasz Fabianski recorded his record-breaking 35th goal of the campaign, but was just the latest of many to remind us what an alien talent the Spaniard has at his disposal.