Troy Deeney names top 10 Premier League strikers ever… but leaves out ‘freak’ Erling Haaland with ‘a long way to go’

TROY DEENEY reckons Erling Haaland has NOT yet cracked the 10 greatest Premier League strikers of all time. Former Watford centre-forward Deeney admits Haaland is a “freak” but insists he “still has a long way to go”. Troy Deeney scored 47 Premier League goals for Watford Credit: Alex Morton/PinPep Haaland has taken the Prem by storm since signing for Man City in 2022 Credit: Getty The Manchester City striker, 26, has netted 112 times in 132 league games, won the treble in 2023, and is by far the quickest player to reach a century of Prem goals. But Deeney believes he has not yet done enough to oust the likes of Jermain Defoe or Robbie Fowler from his top 10. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! He told talkSPORT: “He is a freak… I also think there’s still a long way to go. “Haaland’s not in there, not yet, no. A lot of it for me is about feeling as well, what players made you feel when you watched them.” Deeney added: “I think this season is going to be really interesting. “The seasons he’s been at City, they have been unbelievable anyway and he’s been a piece to that, an additional piece. It’ll be interesting now they’re not favourites to win it. “Can he carry the team a little bit? I’d like to see him drag this team forward. “When he played against Arsenal, against Gabriel, I was like ‘wow’. He dragged the team to win that game, I’d like to see that more.” Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK Thierry Henry sits at the top of Deeney’s list Credit: Getty Rooney played for Everton and Man Utd in the top flight Credit: Getty Alan Shearer remains the Prem’s all-time leading scorer Credit: Getty Deeney put Thierry Henry at the top of his list, followed by Wayne Rooney, Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero, Luis Suarez, Fowler and Defoe followed from five to nine in no particular order. That left a tenth spot vacant, but Deeney still thinks Haaland needs to show more. He said: “Henry, you watched him and you were like ‘wow’, you’d never seen anyone that quick, he had that finish into the bottom corner. “Rooney, as a kid, he was one of the best players I’d ever seen, he could do it all. “Shearer, it’s obviously goals. “Cole is the most disrespected striker in Premier League history. He’s never in anybody else’s top 10. He scored over 180 goals. “Defoe did it for so many years, Aguero was unbelievable.” Comment now