Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to share how Erling Haaland reacted to his Ballon d’Or snub after Lionel Messi beat him to the top award. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Haaland was happy to even be in contention for such an award alongside, and he was pleased with the fact that a lot of Manchester City players were nominated as well.
Pep added that Erling has his football career ahead of him, so many other awards will get clinched along the way.
His words, “I saw him so happy to be in contention close to Messi, [Kylian] Mbappe, and the rest. It was a good night for Manchester City. Big congratulations for Messi and for the awards. Man City was there, it is so important for there because we have not been there many times.”
“We were important there and he has all his career ahead of him so he has to see it as a challenge and think he can be there next year if he helps the team. I saw him really well when he came back.”
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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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