Speaking as part of an exclusive interview with Get French Football News, Toulouse and Norway central defender Ruben Gabrielsen describes his experiences with Erling Braut Haaland at Molde.
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“With Haaland, let’s say, when he played in Norway with me, he didn’t score for a week in training before a game (Brann away), we were laughing at him! And when I heard he was starting the game I was thinking, “No way… how can we play with this guy!?” And after 50 minutes he’d scored four goals. And after that, things just skyrocketed. But I think he learned an important lesson that, when tough times come, just work harder. And they [the young players] have a chance to learn that now.”
“When he came to the club, he was a small guy… he was not so good to be honest with you. I was just thinking “Yeah, maybe he can play in Norway…” And then he got sick and injured, and we didn’t see him for a long time, and he came back big as f***… he was so big! He was a different animal!”
“He was killing everybody in training… we just started laughing and I was like, “Who is this guy?” And then it just skyrocketed from there. I’m just laughing when I see him on the telly and he’s banging in goals in the Champions’ League… I’m just laughing. And when he bullies defenders, I’m just laughing because I’ve been there!”