ERLING'S GOT THE MOOVES

Raw-milk guzzler to tower over the Toon

- by ALEX HANKIN

BACK big Erling Haaland to pinch an inch or two at St James' Park this evening.

Manchester City head to Newcastle (5.30pm) already head and shoulders above the rest of the Premier League in terms of scoring.

Haaland has bagged three more Prem goals on his own than the entire Newcastle side put together, and the stage is set for another towering display.

The absence of banned Dan Burn leaves a 6ft-6in hole in the centre of the home defence, and first-choice keeper Nick Pope is a potential slight doubt as well, though he trained in midweek. It's all hardly ideal when you're facing the biggest air threat in the division.

Haaland, who tops the Prem charts for headed shots, got four goals on international duty, bringing his rolling 10-game total to 15.

The Norwegian has failed to score in just TWO of 20 games for club and country in the current campaign. Those raw numbers would rate him a 1-9 'anytime scorer' poke.

You can back him at a must-have 5-6 (BetFred, Sky Bet) 'anytime' today, and really what's stopping you loving the lad? This is the all-new cuddly Haaland remember, not the mirthless meat mountain of yesteryear.

Having been so comprehensively snubbed in the Ballon d'Or voting yet again, the Big Yin has gone on the online charm offensive with his behind-thescenes YouTube channel.