Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez are the Premier League's two most exciting new arrivals with the forwards joining undoubtedly the league's current foremost clubs in Manchester City and LiverpoolThe Norwegian, Haaland, joins from Borussia Dortmund after spending a little over two years in Germany, ensuring he maintained his development before joining one of Europe's true powerhouses. Manchester City beat the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona to the 22-year-old's signature, and having been considered one of Europe's most exciting young talents for a few years now, the champions will be expecting the forward to slot in seamlessly. Darwin Nunez has arrived from Benfica after a brilliant goalscoring season last campaign Big things are expected for Erling Haaland following his arrival from Borussia Dortmund
Nunez's rise to the top has taken a slightly different path to Haaland, with the player only really coming into the consciousness of major European teams last season on the back of a number of impressive displays in the Champions League.
A similarity between both, however, is that their development has been managed intelligently and their moves to European titans have not come straight away, allowing the players to grow and develop in less fish bowl-like environments. Haaland's family made a big point of him not joining Manchester United having left RB Salzburg in January 2020, instead choosing Dortmund. Meanwhile, Nunez's path to Europe from Uruguay has taken him to Benfica, via the Spanish second tier with Almeria, and eventually onto Liverpool.
Haaland scored against Bayern Munich for Manchester City in pre-season last week
Despite Nunez's relative struggles in pre-season, the Uruguayan showed what he can do with his four-goal spree away at RB Leipzig earlier this month.
With City having wrapped up Haaland's signature for a relatively measly sum of £54m and Liverpool having splashed out £85m on the Uruguay international, Sportsmail decided to investigate how they compare ahead of this weekend's Community Shield.
With the help of Opta, we have managed to breakdown their stats in a number of areas over the last two seasons (since 2020-21) to reveal just what City and Liverpool fans can expect.