Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has won the prestigious Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year award after his impressive debut season in England, it was announced on Friday.The 22-year-old won the award by a record margin, earning 72% of the vote ahead of Arsenal players Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard, who finished second and third, respectively.Every minute is a chance to break records – and Erling wants to take them all”To win the Football Writers’ Award in my first season in English football is an honour,” Haaland said in a statement. “I try every single day to be the best I can be, and to be recognised like this means a lot to me.”I have loved my time at City so far – my teammates are incredible, and they provide me with the chances to score goals. I want to thank all of them, because I could not have won this award without them.Not even Pep expected the Yorkshire Viking to be this effective this quickly”I also owe so much to Pep [Guardiola] and the team behind the team here at City. Everybody has been so good to me since I joined and I have never worked with such top professionals.”Thank you to everyone who voted for me. It’s a real honour to have won this award. I am now focused on ensuring I finish the season as strongly as possible and helping City win trophies.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7252377##Haaland has enjoyed a sensational debut campaign with the Premier League champions and has scored 51 goals in all competitions so far.The Norway international broke the Premier League’s single-season scoring record with his 35th goal coming in a 3-0 win over West Ham United last week.
