Erling Haaland discusses the situation at Manchester City and the club's current state!

Sensitive journalistic questions follow Erling Haaland even while he is on international duty with his home country, Norway.

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The Norwegian national team secured a 3–1 victory over Wales in the UEFA Nations League qualifiers. Following the match, the Norwegian player was asked about the status of the charges brought against Manchester City in the Premier League.

According to TALK sport, Erling Haaland left no room for journalists to press further; instead, he responded—with his characteristic bluntness and directness—to everything concerning the English club closest to his heart.

How did Erling Haaland respond to questions regarding the charges brought against Manchester City?

When the subject of the ongoing "situation" at Manchester City was raised, Erling Haaland chose to answer with a wry chronological tour of his own career rather than a direct comment.

"The investigation covered 2009 to 2018," he began.

From there, he walked through his formative years season by season: "In 2009, I played for Bryne U9s. In 2010, the Under-10s. In 2011, the Under-11s."

He kept going — "2012, the Under-12s, 2012, the Under-13s" — before pausing to ask, "Shall we continue? We don't need the whole list…"

Yet continue he did: "2014, the Under-14s. 2015, the Under-15s and the national team."

Then came the move toward senior football: "Then the Under-16s, I think. In 2016, I moved up to Bryne's first team, second team and youth team."

And finally: "In 2017, I went to Molde. In 2018, I was with Molde. The first team, Molde 2 and a bit with the youth team."

Having laid out the timeline, Haaland made his point plainly: "So this is a question I struggle to answer because it's a legal battle…"

Erling Haaland insists on leaving work-related matters to the club

Haaland then made clear why he felt the question was misplaced. "It's a case between the Premier League and Manchester City that a panel will deal with," he said, before asking pointedly: "Am I supposed to answer that? I'm not really sure."

With that, he turned the exchange into something of a lighthearted aside, joking that the reporter might do better to track down some Norwegian compatriots who could speak to those years firsthand.

"There were quite a few Norwegians at the club during that period, I think," Haaland noted.

He rattled off several names: "Abdisalam Ibrahim, Martin Samuelsen and Omar Elabdellaoui were there."

Another came to him — "Kjetil Haug was there too" — though his memory ran dry beyond that. "I think there were a couple more, but I can't remember."

Returning to the original question, he admitted his limits: "But it's a difficult question to answer when I don't really know that much about it."

As for when clarity might arrive, he could only guess: "I assume the answers will come… I don't know when. I haven't read much about it."

Hazem Mlhem |

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Hazem Mlhem est un rédacteur sportif expérimenté, animé par une passion pour le football africain.

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