If I added nutrition to my game and behaviour, I’m Haaland. I shouldn’t be having problems but I didn’t listen. I should be minimum Championship right now. There is a feeling of regret at what could have been. I know what I can do but it’s deeper than that because I’ve had so many chances.” I made my bed and now I have to lie in it. “I have players coming to me saying, ‘What happened? What’s wrong with you? With your talent, what are you doing?’. It is a far cry from his days in the Premier League with Newcastle, where he counted Fabricio Coloccini, Hatem Ben Arfa and Alan Smith as team-mates and was earning £40,000 a month ($49,000 at today’s rates).
The 32-year-old is without a club after leaving Boreham Wood in the summer of 2022, where he played less than 10 minutes in total. Ranger outside his home in north London (Tom Burrows /The Athletic)
