Manchester City attacker Erling Haaland has chosen his Football Writers' Footballer of the Year.

Haaland won the award this week, after he led his team to a third straight Premier League title.

The Norway striker, however, has named Arsenal rival and international teammate Martin Odegaard as a worthy winner instead.

Speaking to William Hill, he said: “If I had to pick another player to have won Player of the Year, I would say my Norwegian friend, [Martin] Odegaard has had a really good season.

“There are also other teammates that could have easily won it because there's a lot of players in the Manchester City team that have been outstanding this season. If you watch all of our games, you will see that Rodri has just been so solid throughout the whole season.

“I think sometimes he is a bit hidden because he is in midfield and he's the one pulling everything together. I don't want to say too many names, but maybe it could have been one of them."