Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to break down how the club takes care of Erling Haaland. He recently hailed the Norwegian for his match-winning brace against Brentford, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, despite losing a long-time family friend and confidant who passed away at the age of 59, Haaland still told him he was ready to help the team vs Brentford.
Pep added that losing someone close at that age will be difficult for any human being, but Erling stayed strong.
His words, “[He told me he wanted to play] yesterday. That’s his strength. For 90 minutes you forget your personal life. It has been tough for his family, for anyone to pass away at that age is difficult for every human being. He has been down in the locker room, but we try to take care of everyone and be close to them.
Yesterday he was much better in his mood and the best way sometimes is to do your job. He, for many years, has done it perfectly. That’s his strength. For 90 minutes you forget your personal life and the punch in your face life gives to you. If he’s not ready to play he will come to me and say he is not ready to play. He has so much quality and he is a weapon that we have to use it.”
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Erling Braut Haaland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the box. Haaland holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Premier League season, with 36.
Haaland was born on 21 July 2000 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, as his father Alfie Haaland was playing for Leeds United in the Premier League at the time. In 2004, at the age of three, he moved to Bryne, his parents’ hometown in Norway.
Along with playing football from an early age, Haaland took part in various other sports as a child, including handball, golf, and track and field. He also reportedly achieved a world record in his age category for the standing long jump when he was five, with a recorded distance of 1.63 metres in 2006.
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