The Gerd Muller Trophy recognises the player who has scored the most goals with his club and country during a single season.
It was originally labelled as the ‘Striker of the Year’ trophy, but was renamed in memory of German legend Gerd Muller who died in August 2021.
Barcelona’s new frontman Robert Lewandowski has won the award twice in a row since its inception in 2021, for his goal-scoring prowess whilst at former club Bayern Munich.
The Polish international scored a combined 57 goals in 56 matches for club and country during the 2021/22 season, but Wright-Phillips believes our Norwegian No.9 will get his hands of the trophy, sooner rather than later.
When asked if Haaland could win it in the next few years, he said: “Next few years, I’m talking next year!
“There is nobody doing what he is doing in the Champions League, obviously he has to be mindful of Lewandowski and [Kylian] Mbappe but at his age, they still haven’t put up the kind of numbers he has.
“He has got 28 goals in 22 Champions League games, and he is only 22!
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“For me, those are not normal numbers, the two people that have won the Ballon d’Or consistently in recent years (Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) didn’t do that as his age.
“If he continues to score goals like he has done, he will win that easily. The numbers that he is putting up per-game, if you look at the games over his career, he has always scored more than he has played games.”
