Ahead of collecting the Golden Boy award, the Norwegian discussed his admiration towards two modern-day legends and his Champions League aspirations
Erling Haaland has admitted to being “bewitched” by Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as a youngster, while expressing a desire to “imitate” the superstar duo as his career progresses.
Haaland is still just 20 but has quickly established himself as one of Europe’s top strikers and will collect Tuttosport’s Golden Boy award on Monday.
Since joining Dortmund from Salzburg in January, the Norway international has scored 23 times in the Bundesliga – including a hat-trick on his debut against Augsburg – at a rate of one goal every 74 minutes.