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Best debut seasons at Premier League clubs: Where does Erling Haaland rank after record-breaking 35th goal for Man City?

Erling Haaland wrote yet another chapter in football history on Wednesday by becoming the first player to score 35 goals in a Premier League season. The Manchester City striker's goal against West Ham saw him break Andy Cole and Alan Shearer's long-standing record in nine fewer games than his predecessors.

In an astounding first season in England, Haaland had already beaten Mohamed Salah's record of 32 goals in a 38-game campaign and Sergio Aguero's record of 26 goals in one season for Manchester City. The Norwegian still has some way to go before he can be regarded as having a better legacy than the likes of Shearer, Cole, Salah and Aguero, who have been plundering goals in England's top flight for a number of years, but he has made the perfect start.

Haaland, though, can be compared to the other players who had remarkable debut seasons for new clubs in the Premier League, including Cole, Salah and Aguero, as well as a number of other greats and a couple of flashes in the pan.

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