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Man City striker Erling Haaland shows true colours with box office answers in rare press conference
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland faced the media on international duty, offering essential viewing and a rare insight into his mindset.
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by Joe Bray
16:00, 9 Oct 2024
Norway’s forward #09 Erling Braut Haaland (R) and team mates attend a training session of Norway’s national football team at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo on October 8, 2024, ahead of their UEFA Nations League football match against Slovenia. (Photo by Terje Pedersen / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by TERJE PEDERSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Just as if he was facing a Premier League defence, Erling Haaland took no prisoners when he made a rare press conference appearance on Wednesday.
Away from Manchester City, Haaland has been appointed Norway captain for this week’s fixtures in the absence of Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard. He said he would simply ‘be himself’ when wearing the armband in a straight-to-the-point response that set the tone for a box-office half-hour in front of the cameras.
Haaland doesn’t like press conferences. He has enough media commitments by virtue of being one of the world’s best players. He has only faced the written media three times during his time at City, with one being his unveiling and the other coming over the summer in the relatively safe environments of pre-season.
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He has a similar aversion to press conferences for Norway. One last season and now one this term. But like an inviting cross into the box, he didn’t waste the opportunity to make sure he made his point emphatically and with no more exertion than is needed to be most effective.
He assessed the room as he sat down and there was an early volley back at a journalist who asked if his appointment as temporary captain would see him stop for an interview after his games this week. “We’ll see if anyone wants to ask me any interesting questions.”
And he hit back at previous suggestions he was not committed to international football. He said: “Some of you have tried to paint a picture that I don’t want to play for the National Team, but you can bury that now. You can see how much I like to play for the national team.”
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