Erling Haaland is nominated for the Ballon d’Or award for the best male soccer player of the year, but the man will not be seen at tonight’s awards gala in Paris.
The Norwegian star of Manchester City in the English Premier League Erling Haaland will spend his evening instead of stargazing at the Malmö stadium, where Malmö FF has a chance to secure the Swedish championship in the match against IFK Göteborg.
Swedish broadcasting company SVT reported on Haaland’s advances, and a little later Haaland confirmed his visit to Malmö on his own Instagram account.
Haaland, 24, is a Norwegian striker of his age who plays in Malmö by Erik Botheim My dear fellow.
– We met in the 15-year-old national team, and since then we have spent many holidays together, Botheim told Aftonbladet magazine last spring.
Judging by the fact that he missed the party, Haaland does not expect to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or. Last year, he was the second Argentinian legend in the Ballon d’Or voting Lionel Messi’s after.