Harry Kane would have scored as many as Erling Haaland for Man City, Simon Jordan states

That is the verdict of talkSPORT's Simon Jordan who was reacting to Haaland's breathtaking feat of grabbing Premier League record for most goals in a single campaign.

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On Wednesday night, Haaland's chip over Lukas Fabianski against West Ham saw him net his 35th Premier League goal - with more games to come - breaking Alan Shearer and Andy Cole's record of 34 in a single season.

But speaking on talkSPORT's The White & Jordan show, Jordan insisted Kane would have also matched that total had City gone ahead and signed the Tottenham star last season when they were linked.

"That is why you have to look at Harry Kane's contribution for Tottenham. I would wager that if you stuck Kane in the City side, he'd score 30-plus goals in the Premier League in a full season."

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Kane has been no slouch either this year for Tottenham, scoring 25 times in the Premier League so far despite it being a torrid campaign for Spurs.

The England international has been linked with a move to Manchester United but it was not long ago when City tried to prise him away from north London.

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Tottenham refused and the following year, Pep Guardiola splashed out £51million for Haaland, whose debut campaign has been nothing short of spectacular.

However, Jordan has argued the goals from the Norwegian have merely supplemented the side rather than enhanced them.

He added: "The fact of the matter is, Manchester City have won the Premier League repeatedly without him.

"So all he has done is come in and supplement City and made this remarkable contribution of a load of goals that would have been redistributed amongst the team, anyway.

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"Look, he is a great goalscorer, playing in a remarkably dominant side that creates opportunities for fun.

"So when you look at the previous records of people like Shearer, I am not sure they played in sides that were quite as good as Man City and as dominant as Man City.

"So while I have a great amount of respect for Erling Haaland, he is 22, he is a remarkable specimen. Playing in a different era of football where defenders can't defend anymore or tackle.

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"The Premier League is set up for offensive outcomes because that is the way that football is nowadays.

"If you look at the goals per game ratio now and when Shearer and Cole were scoring in games, I bet you'd see a difference."