‘There is no one quite like him’: How a Lebanese coach helped shape Erling Haaland into a global football star

BEIRUT: Erling Braut Haaland, the 25-year-old Norwegian football star, returned home from the US with seven World Cup goals, a stuffed raccoon, two stuffed squirrels, a cowboy hat and even more global fame, earned through his phenomenal scoring ability, immense physical strength and exceptional speed, despite Norway’s failure to England in the quarterfinal. His rapid rise in the game has made him one of football’s biggest names, with some help from the Middle East. Haaland was only 19 when he first met his Lebanese coach John Haddad online.

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