Inside the mind of Erling Haaland: Everything and nothing

“Inside the mind of Erling Haaland there is a searing, scorching, unplayable nothing. This may not sound like much of a compliment, not when we are considering the most prolific striker of his generation — a man who has taken a flamethrower to the history books — but it is precisely this destructive blankness that elevates the Manchester City and Norway centre-forward into football’s stratosphere. Not convinced? This is what Haaland said to Alan Shearer, the Premier League’s record goalscorer, in an interview for The Athletic a couple of years ago when the pair of them bonded — communed, really — over the art and obsession of ball meeting net. …”
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