As City prepare to take on Leeds United, one player in particular will be looking forward to the match.
Erling Haaland has always had a close relationship with the city of Leeds and the football that is played there. The Norwegian was born in Leeds at a time when his father Alfie was playing for Leeds United before joining Manchester City.
As a result, the striker has always had an innate connection to the community and the football team, and has previously publicly expressed his love for Leeds United by stating that he is a Leeds United fan.
When he was 16 years old, he outlined his career plan to play in the English League and stated that his “dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds”.
He has also been filmed signing autographs for Leeds United fans in the past while wearing his shorts.
Standard video of Haaland signing autographs from his car… oh wait. What shorts are those? He is Leeds, isn’t he? pic.twitter.com/g8FtWBBXPd
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And apparently, he had almost joined Leeds in the past as revealed by James Milner. He was asked about Haaland’s connections with Leeds to which he told Viaplay (via Team Talk):
“I can confirm that he said he was going to sign for Leeds a few years ago when we played him.”
It’s going to be a special occasion for the Norwegian and he’s looking forward to the match against his former RB Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch. The American revealed (via 90min) that Haaland sent him a text message as soon as the matches ended saying it is the match he is most looking forward to.
But he will keep his emotions to one side as he prepares to take on Leeds United. He has already scored 18 league goals so far and provided 3 assists in just 13 games, and he will look to continue his incredible goal-scoring form against the club he loves.
Manchester City returned to playing domestic football in Thursday’s League Cup clash against Liverpool and it took Haaland just 10 minutes to score and there is almost no doubt that he will be back on the scoresheet against a struggling Leeds United side.
