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Haaland returns to Man City training

By Ben Pearce 5 Apr 2023
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Striker steps up his recovery from groin injury ahead of Saturday's trip to Southampton

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Erling Haaland is back in training with Manchester City ahead of Saturday's trip to Southampton.

The Norwegian missed last weekend's 4-1 victory over Liverpool with a groin strain but is now closing in on a return to action.

Haaland will hope to fire City to a win that takes the champions five points behind Arsenal in Saturday's 17:30 BST match.

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Arsenal will then have a chance to respond when they visit Liverpool on Sunday.

Haaland is also targeting personal glory in his pursuit of the Castrol Golden Boot and three Premier League records.

He is the competition's top scorer with 28 goals, six ahead of Harry Kane.

If Haaland gets a brace against Southampton this weekend he would equal the record for a player in their debut Premier League season, after Kevin Phillips netted 30 times for Sunderland in 1999/2000.

The City striker is also just four off Mohamed Salah’s record total for a 38-match season, and six goals away from matching the all-time record of 34 goals, set across a 42-match campaign and shared by Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer.

Haaland's return to training is good news too for Fantasy Premier League managers, given he is in 72.2 per cent of squads.

Sold by more than half a million managers last week ahead of Gameweek 29, many will now be rushing to bring him back in for Gameweek 30.

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