Norwegian Manchester City footballer Erling Haaland has been a real sensation for the last three seasons, and at the end of the 2022/23 campaign, he did not get tired of breaking long-term records in all competitions in which he participated.
Until recently, he was just starting his career in big football, and now Erling Haaland is considered by most experts the most valuable player in the world and is called one of the “headliners” in his sport for many years to come. Already this season, the Norwegian is predicting a serious fight for the main individual prize in the football world – the Golden Ball, which he can win even without participating in the last 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
But Erling’s performance in matches for the club is so incredible that experts call the Norwegian one of the two main contenders for the Golden Ball, along with Lionel Messi, who became the main hero of the world championship in Qatar. This opinion is also shared by analysts of the popular betting company Tennis, whose line has a wide selection of objects for betting on football.
What is the secret of the young 22-year-old football scorer? Apart from the obvious football talent and ability to work, there are other factors that allow Haaland to dominate the football field. These are genes, unique nutrition and other “good habits” that an athlete adheres to. Let’s talk about the main of these factors in more detail.
Genes
Haaland has an athletic family, and the right genes are the basis on which Erling’s success is built. The Norwegian’s father is Alf-Inge Haaland, himself a fairly well-known football player in the past, who, by the way, played a lot for his son’s current club, the English Manchester City. Well, Erling’s mother is Gree Marita Braut, a former Norwegian heptathlon champion.
Nutrition
Haaland in a documentary about himself shared the secrets of his diet. And the main revelation from the Norwegian was that he consumes up to 6,000 calories a day, and the main part of his diet is offal – hearts, livers, and kidneys of cows. But the main condition is that these should be cows that eat natural substances without additives. And the Norwegian has no problems with supplies from such “producers” – his family has a farm in his homeland, and if necessary, the neighbors are ready to help with the necessary ingredients for the football player’s favorite dishes.
Water
Haaland drinks water that goes through special filtration. In the same documentary about Erling, a “suitcase” full of water containers and tubes taken out of them got into the frame. But he did not tell the general public the details of the process of filtering the liquid, which the star football player then consumes.
Cold
Erling grew up in Norway, which is not the warmest country in the world, and therefore his body, accustomed to frost, sometimes requires additional cooling for a more effective recovery. To do this, Holland uses a cryo-chamber purchased for 50 thousand pounds and installed in the athlete’s house. A “cold capsule”, the temperature in which can drop to “minus 200” degrees Celsius, is used by a Norwegian for five minutes a day.
Meditation and Sleep
In his interview with English football legend Alan Shearer (it is symbolic that it was his record that the hero of these lines broke in the championship), Haaland said that meditation plays an important role in his psychological and physical condition. This process in the daily schedule of the Norwegian is mandatory in the evening – in order to qualitatively transfer the body to sleep.
In addition, Erling’s list of important accessories includes special blue-light night glasses that block radiation from electronic devices. Erling claims that such glasses have a positive effect on the production of the sleep hormone melatonin, which allows the player to sleep better and, accordingly, recover better.