Erling Haaland has potential to win Ballon dâOr in future – Ghana’s Majeed Ashimeru
Majeed Ashimeru and Erling Haaland played together for one seasonGhana midfielder Majeed Ashimeru believes his former Red Bull Salzburg teammate Erling Haaland has potential to win Ballon d’Or – an award given to the best player in the world – in future.According to Ashimeru, Haaland is on the right track to dominate the world after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.The Juventus and Barcelona attackers have dominated world football for than a decade. Messi has been crowned world best six times while Ronaldo has won the award five times.Haaland, 20, has started his journey on a good note, winning the 2020 Golden Boy Award an award given to the best U21 player in the globe.I will go for him anyday. He is a beast. Even when we were training, he was scoring goals like crazy. He is really focused, he told Joy Sports Owuraku Ampofo in an exclusive interview.He is one guy that I learn a lot from although he is younger. For me, I will go in for him [to be the best in the world] anyday because I couldnt believe he could get this far so fast but here he is now, and Im always proud to have played with him. I know and I believe he will make that step, he added.Ashimeru has been a key player for Red Bull Salzburg this season, recording five assists in nine Austrian Bundesliga appearances.
