De Bruyne was signed in 2015, even before Pep got there, so I do not think that has anything to do with it. I am not saying Haaland had nothing to do with it, of course he is an amazing player and of course he helped them a ton. However, it would be weird to say that just a single transfer made them win and it was just Haaland, by that logic last season Dortmund should have won because they had Haaland as well.
This proves that yes Haaland took them over the edge and made them a winner, but before him they were pretty solid team. Also it is Manchester City and not United. That makes two mistakes in a single message. I am pretty sure that you are just writing for writings sake, it is obvious that you are not fully aware of the situation all that much.
They just want to write, I don't think they watch or even play soccer.
Even before the arrival of Erling Haaland, Manchester City have been a tough, likewise great side, but he Erling Haaland also gave Manchester City an extra edge when it comes to attacking, pressing and scoring goals. All the goals he scored wouldn't have ever been possible if he lacks supportive team mates. Kevin De Brunye is a a tactical and technical genius, Gundogan the controller of the game, Rodri the engine room for Pep Guardiola and Kudos to Jone Stones for supporting him when he needs support.
To Bernado Silva and to Mahrez and likewise Jack Grealish, though he wasn't able to get a single goal during the Champions League.
These players all contributed and with those passes to him, he wouldn't have scored that much. Erling Haaland is great I concur, But, he also had fewer goals contribution, all he did much was high pressing and scoring goals and farting for opposition defender's LoL
No doubt Haaland made an impact for Manchester city treble, but h was not the key factors, any striker can do the same thing he did, have you ever seen a striker that flop in Manchester city? never, they played two seasons without a striker and still score highest goals in the league. Haaland so don't contribute to games, i can not sign him as a striker for a build up team. he can not dribble, none mark ball, he can shot outside the box and score. Haaland is good only in positioning. like Chicharito, former Manchester united player.