ERLING HAALAND isn’t the only “robot” on Manchester City’s books.
The 22-year-old goal scoring phenom has left many wondering whether he is from this planet.
Haaland has scored 19 goals in 12, including THREE Premier League hat-tricks, prior to today’s clash with Southampton.
But he isn’t the only “robot” at Man City, with summer signing Manuel Akanji showcasing an amazing talent off the football pitch.
The Swiss defender’s mathematics skills are out of this world.
He has the ability to calculate multiplication questions such as 23×42 and (93×60)+20 in a second.
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Brainiac Akanji answered a number of Man City-based maths questions and hardly broke a sweat in an interview with Sky Sports.
One fan said on Twitter: “People signing petitions to get Haaland gone for being a robot when the real robot is Manuel Akanji.”
Another tweeted: “So if Erling Haaland is a machine, Akanji is an AI robot from the future! Man City taking football to new levels!”
There simply isn’t any maths question Akanji can’t solve.
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Akanji has also impressed on the pitch, turning out for the Prem champions four times across all competitions.
City have conceded just four goals with the 27-year-old on the pitch while scoring 15 of their own.
Akanji does, however, have ambitions of being a City regular, despite competing with the likes of Ruben Dias, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte and Nathan Ake.
He told Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten: “We have a lot of good players. I know that it won’t be easy.
“I also don’t expect to play through every game for 90 minutes, but I want to make it as difficult as possible for the coach.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
