Haaland

Premier League top scorer Erling Haaland is looking forward to getting back to work after a few lonely months at Manchester City.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Haaland hasn't featured competitively since November 12 due to the World Cup break, which may just be bad news for the rest of the Premier League. Premier League football is set to return after the conclusion of the World Cup and one player in particular is bound to be in the spotlight again after missing out on the showpiece in Qatar. Haaland has taken the English top flight by storm since arriving in the summer from Borussia Dortmund but failed to qualify for the World Cup with Norway.

Darwin Núñez looks destined to spend most of his first Premier League season as a wide forward rather than a central striker due to reasons beyond his ...

By the time he left England for the Bundesliga, he’d amassed 90 Premier League goals for [Liverpool](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/). Núñez is still very much learning the ropes. [Núñez](https://www.liverpool.com/all-about/darwin-nunez) was identified as his replacement, although he doesn’t quite fit the same mould as Mané. Both Núñez and Haaland appear like naturals when they are active in the penalty box but the further away from goal they drift, the more uncomfortable they can seem. The duo are both imposing due to their height, yet they are both fast enough to threaten in behind defences. “It’s a different type of striker that we face now in Haaland,” he said. The Colombian returned to Liverpool training earlier this month, but suffered an unfortunate setback on his road to recovery. [Reds](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/) by occupying a wide position and drifting inside on a regular basis to find the net. It’s quite difficult to play against those guys.” Liverpool allowed Sadio Mané to end his six-year stay at Anfield in the summer just gone, with the Senegalese forward joining Bayern Munich. [Sign up to the Liverpool.com newsletter here — it only takes a few seconds!](https://www.liverpool.com/newsletter-preference-centre/) [Mohamed Salah](https://www.liverpool.com/all-about/mohamed-salah) and Diogo Jota, he simply seems different on the field.