Erling Braut Haaland’s father, Alf Inge Haaland, confirms he had talks with Juventus before joining Borussia Dortmund and ‘loves Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.’
The hitman has won the Golden Boy Award for 2020 as the young player most likely to have a breakout campaign, so his father – the former Leeds United striker – spoke to the newspaper that organises it, Tuttosport.
Erling Braut Haaland’s father, Alf Inge Haaland, confirms he had talks with Juventus before joining Borussia Dortmund and ‘loves Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.’
The hitman has won the Golden Boy Award for 2020 as the young player most likely to have a breakout campaign, so his father – the former Leeds United striker – spoke to the newspaper that organises it, Tuttosport.
“He was born a striker, and always adored players who scored lots of goals, but two in particular: Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo,” said Haaland Senior.
“He also had a weakness for Mario Balotelli at Manchester City. He’s never satisfied and trains constantly, because he wants to become the best. He’s super focused and lives for football.
“It’s easy to see how passionate he is, as if he scores two goals and is substituted, he gets angry because he wanted a third.”
There are already question marks about Haaland’s future, with Juventus, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, PSG and Barcelona all expected to participate in the bidding war.
“He is very happy at Borussia Dortmund right now, but Erling loves a challenge and you can never know what the future holds in football. We’ll see…”
Juve are not entirely a new option, as they had been in negotiations before the transfer to Dortmund.
“It’s true. It was a wonderful experience, we went to watch Juventus-Inter and I was really impressed with the atmosphere at the Juventus Stadium.”