‘What the hell is going on?’ – Erling Haaland rants about ‘chaotic’ club after transfer decision
If Erling Haaland puts in a bad shift in his next game against Finland, fans have only got his former side Bryne to blame.
The Manchester City marksman takes on the Nordic side in World Cup qualifying with Norway, but has had a sleepless night in the build-up.
Haaland started his career at local side Bryne FK having graduated through their academy in 2016 only for them to be relegated down to the third tier the same year.
They’ve since made it back to the second tier, and this season are competing in the top flight Eliteserien for the first time ever, but in the relegation zone and with players leaving, things aren’t looking too bright.
And in response, Haaland posted on his Snapchat at around 2am: “Speak out Bryne FK! What on earth is happening?”
One fan noted the timing of his message in the build up to an important game for Norway, asking the 25-year-old why he wasn’t asleep.
Haaland took the message and replied: “Yeah I should but it’s chaos in my hometown club and it p****s me off so now I can’t sleep.”
What’s happening to Haaland’s old club?
After a solid start in the top flight, Bryne are now winless in seven, while five defeats in that time have taken them from mid-table safety to the relegation zone with ten games to play.
On top of that, three key players terminated their contracts with the club on the same day.
Jens Husebo and Robert Undheim both left the team, as did captain Axel Kryger.
Leading Norwegian outlet Stavanger Aftenblad spoke to the departing players, who revealed that they signed an agreement not to talk badly about the club.
However, the outlet also adds that a dressing room petition had unsuccessfully been launched to remove manager Kevin Knappen.
Haaland was born in Leeds where his father Alf Inge was playing but soon moved back to his parents’ hometown of Bryne before joining the club’s academy at the age of five.
The two-time Premier League Golden Boot winner failed to score in 16 games for the first team, but having scored more goals than he’d made appearances for the second team, scouts were already circling.
Haaland ended up choosing top flight side Molde as his next club and was coached by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, smashing in 20 goals in 50 games while making headlines with an astonishing nine-goal game for Norway’s under-20s.
Scoring a goal per game at Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund, Haaland joined another of his father’s former teams in Manchester City in 2021 before reaching the pinnacle of his career with a European treble in 2023.
During that time he’s also become Norway’s all-time top scorer, and looks well placed to take his country back to the World Cup for the first time since 1998.
If he gets enough sleep, that is.
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