The first coach tells SportWeek about the desire of the child Erling to break through: “He was also a talent in the long jump. A comet like this passes every hundred years”
Haaland was wandering the streets of Bryne like Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot. He arrived at the field with his boots hanging from his neck and the bag over his shoulder, bold and confident. “He was already going to bed early.” In those days he was a dry twig with two long and thin legs, a high center of gravity, a recognizable potato nose and pale hair of a polar blond, typical of Northern Europe. “Finally, the eyes, curious and attentive, of those who have a spark inside”.