Maresca reveals why Haaland unlikely to become City captain

Erling Haaland is unlikely to be given the captain’s armband at Manchester City due to his goalscoring prowess, head coach Enzo Maresca has indicated.

The new City boss utilizes the ploy of insisting his skipper comes to the touchline for a tactic update when a goal is scored.

As Haaland scores so many of the team’s goals, Maresca does not feel it would be a good idea for the Norway striker to fill the vacancy left by Bernardo Silva’s departure.

“At Leicester and Chelsea, I had a rule that when we scored, the captain had to come to the bench for instructions and not celebrate,” he told journalists on the club’s pre-season tour of Asia.

“But if he scores, then he can celebrate. I think even if it is two or three minutes, there is always something to adjust. At the moment, we have three or four (captains) and we are missing one (Rodri is recovering from back surgery). In the case of Rodri (who has been linked with Barcelona), see what happens,” he said.