Lineker: “Haaland is going to make a lot of noise in football …”

Erling Haaland (19 years old) is a professional scorer and pragmatist in spirit. He behaves with the same conciseness in the field, where hardly any shrillness is allowed in the celebrations (that if sitting down to meditate, that if dancing the refrain Mommy, what do you want? Here came your shark…), as before the media, in which he has been the undisputed protagonist in the last hours for his intervention in all the goals of Dortmund's 4-0 against Schalke.

The compliments started pouring down on him yesterday. Among the highlights, that of Gary Lineker, Today one of the biggest generators of opinion in football. “This young man is going to make a lot of noise in football even if his goals, at the moment, are produced in silence”, wrote the former player, 7.5 million followers on Twitter.

Another good example, in addition to the international one, is that of Spain, where the Dortmund striker, followed by Madrid, It is the cover photo of the four major sports newspapers this Sunday. “There is no vaccine against Haaland,” reads AS, with a close-up of him; “Hero of silence”, title Brand; “Haaland scores the first goal of a comeback with empty stands, injuries and celebrations at a distance and without hugs”, he highlights Sports world; “Fields without an audience, goals without hugs … but Haaland scoring as always”, he surrenders Sport.

In the Press, Haaland is just as direct as on the pitch. The best sample is the most recent, in the flash interview after to its successful Dortmund-Schalke. The dialogue with the journalist was extremely brief, in his usual line. So like this:

Question. At the end of the match, you and all your teammates went to greet the famous Yellow Wall, which today of course was empty. Why did they do it?

Answer. Why not?

Q. Was it like a message that you wanted to send?

A. Yes.

Q. Would you tell us what message?

R. For my fans.

Q. It is something you and Dortmund have been seen to do.

A. Yes.