The ex-Real Madrid and Netherlands star states that Haaland is not world class.
The Norway forward has been prolific for City since his arrival two and a half seasons ago.
Harland has a remarkable 107 goals in 117 games for City in all competitions.
On talkSPORT, Van der Vaart stated: “I always said, take away his pace, I think it's a normal player. I don't want to get rude to him, but technically-wise I think it's normally not good enough.
“Normally, City has the ball and he's scored a lot of goals, but I miss something to talk about a world, world, world-class striker.”
He added: “When you compare him in the past to (Marco) Van Basten or (Ruud) Van Nistelrooy - no, no, no, no.
“I don't think so (that Haaland is as good as those two). People will laugh but that is my opinion.”
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