Erling Haaland don reveal fresh haircut before Manchester City im Premier League curtain raiser against Bournemouth for Sunday afternoon, live on Sky Sports. Di striker don drop im trademark long front-back look and return to shorter style wey dey remind pesin of im early Borussia Dortmund days.
Di 26-year-old don post another picture for X wey show di different stages of im haircut, wey im caption as “New hair don’t care.” “New season, new haircut. di full episode don dey for YouTube,” im also write for one post. Im don bin dey known for im long blond hair wey even earn am “Viking warrior” reputation for football world.
For one July interview on Fox Sports, Haaland talk say im keep im old style because of advice from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, anoda prolific long-haired Scandinavian striker. Haaland talk: “Zlatan – you know wetin im tell me? ‘Never cut your hair because di strength dey for di hair.’” Ibrahimovic later confirm di story, but Haaland still don cut am short now.
Di Norwegian star don emerge from di 2026 World Cup as one of di tournament’s biggest social media stars after im help Norway reach quarter-finals. Di 26-year-old score seven goals during Norway’s run and gain more than 32 million Instagram followers for di 39-day tournament, di biggest growth of any player involved. Plus im haircut don turn to business thing – data from platform Fresha show searches for im haircut don rocket by 1741% within one year, and im partner with Norwegian brand Knicky to launch hair ties wey carry im name and shift plenty during World Cup.
Haaland don born for 21 July 2000 for Leeds, England, and im rank among di finest strikers for di planet. Im be Norway all-time top scorer, win treble with Manchester City for 2022-2023 season, and don break record after record. Now im go lead di new-look City side as dem begin di post-Pep Guardiola era.
Pep Guardiola don step down at end of last season after more than decade for charge, with Enzo Maresca don take over as City new head coach. Maresca go oversee im first Premier League game for di Etihad Stadium. City suffer 3-0 defeat to Arsenal for Community Shield last weekend, but Maresca don back im squad to respond as dem begin di league campaign. Haaland remain di focal point, and fans dey wait to see how im new haircut go bring im luck for di pitch.
