Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has backed himself to win the Ballon d’Or this year after scoring 52 goals last season to help Manchester City win the treble.

Haaland and Argentina captain Lionel Messi are favourites to win the Ballon d’Or.

Speaking with France football, the PFA Player of the Year and UEFA Men’s Player of the Year backed himself to win the Ballon d’Or and also admitted that he’d love to taste international glory with Norway.

“I believe in myself, I really do,” he told France Football. “I know I can still improve a lot, I’m still young. But yes, I think I have a chance this year.

“I dream of accomplishing great things with my country,” he said. “We are a small country of barely 5.5m inhabitants, so it is not easy. But I dream of participating in a Euro or a World Cup.

“From there to imagining winning… It’s not impossible, but hey… For now, we’re above all fighting to simply qualify and that’s my goal. First, a qualification for a major tournament; then we can dream of bigger things. It’s a huge challenge and like challenges.”