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tall, strong, fast. it's surreal that one of the most famous footballers in the world has come out of this little place! i spotted it from the first hit of the ball by him. this town changed his colour. fantastic guy, everybody likes him. he knew and we knew that he had a lot more in store for the future. when i was young, i wanted to become the best in the world. my name is andreas.
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i'm mayor of the city, it is big city in this community. a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. the people in the area, they are friendly people, but working — hard—working people. it's the biggest place in the area and it's very agricultural, a lot of farms. right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so we are very proud that we have so many good, hard—working farmers. we can get the best food on the table and being strong as erling! only 12,000 lives here. people are quite friendly, but quiet. we won't use ten words or if one word is sufficient,
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or even a meaningful pause. you can see that in erling, he does not speak long sentences, and that's normal here. growing up in bryne is very much about football, it's basically been the one thing that this town is all about. the football team bryne were in the top division in the '80s, for a very long time, finishing second twice in the '80s, winning the cup in 1987. it's always been a place that people around norway will have known about. this is the place in norway with the least snow, so the best teams in the country used to come here in march to play on grass, before we got artificial grass of course. erling was born in leeds, came with his family in bryne
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in 2004, started to play in the team when he was five or six years old, he was very small, but when he was about 12 or 13, he grew very fast. the thing about erling is i think you have to start with the parents, with the genetics, because we talk about his father a lot, but we don't talk enough about his mother, who was at youth level at one point the national champion in heptathlon. his grandmother's brother on the mother's side is the record appearance holder of bryne football club, so he was born into a real sporting family with just incredible pedigree on all sides.
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he's a really important guy in my life, my father and also a really good friend, wejoke a lot, we have a lot of fun, i have a good relationship with him and he supports me a lot, and a really important guy in my life. my name is alf. i have been coaching football for many many years, and some of the years, i was coaching erling, and i think that's why you are here. the first time i coached erling, he was just eight years old,
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he began to train together with one year older players, a big group of 40 players, and that quality can be spotted from the first kick of the ball in fact. even at a very young age, erling had very good, very high standard of coaching, which is a little bit unusual, because in norway, at that young an age, very often the coaching will be done mostly by parents or on a volunteer basis. erling happened to be part of a group that had a very qualified coach looking after them. for us, it was all about to develop the human being first, and after that, the football. had three rules, beyond time, do your best and behave. in a small place like bryne, the role of the football club
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is to keep people active, to be socialfor the kids, it's not necessarily like a meat grinder, to get the most talented footballer out there, so the emphasis is on things like how to behave and be a good teammate. this is the talents of a club like bryne, is that it's a very small place, so the football club is notjust for the kids who are enormously talented and are going somewhere, it's also just for the kids who want to stay active. the challenges for the coaches how can you include everyone while also challenging the very best and not separate them from their mates. erling was gentle, nice, funny, he always scored a lot, he smiled a lot, he trained a lot, but he was one of the 40, so he was treated the same way as the other 40. he and his friends played three, four, five hours every saturday, every sunday, and got a lot of time playing, they kept the tempo high, it was important for them to win, so even though they weren't thinking that this is training, i think
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it was probably the best training they could get. i played at bryne since 2014, and was lucky enough to play with erling before we heard about this guy, fantastic guy, everyone liked him. he had a bit of pace but was quite thin, so he would have got knocked around by defenders quite a lot. he was always smart, knew the right areas to go, and timed his runs. because he did not have strength, he managed still to compete and excel because of his smartness to his play, he could read where to go. he had technique, the technical and the mentality, so the only thing that was missing was a bit of the physical, and we knew him in for five years this will explode. you saw the potential of the guy. i was teacher to erling, he was a lovely, funny guy,
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and he told me, "oh, no, school is not so important," no, he's going to be a football player. he was not shy in the locker room, he cracks jokes, he put himself out there basically. you properly saw the song or rap video of him on youtube, there was a lot of commotion and jokes about that. for me, it's about having fun. if i'm having fun, i want to do more of it, exactly how i was with football, when i play with my friends, it was really fun, i wanted to do it again, and then when, and became a natural thing and i wanted to train more and become better, better than others, so for me, it's about really having fun. i knew about him, his dad was pretty well known, i knew about the player,
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i remember him stepping into practice with us, at 15, he was not shy. i remember him coming in there almost like he was the captain of the team, and he was like how you doing, you are not used to that when a 15—year—old came in there. they were shy, but he was not like that. i've never seen it before and i'm not seen it since, maybe next time i will write on the contract if i see someone with the same mentality. it wasn't like he was hitting the top court of all the time in training, one of his first trainings with a big senior group, he missed a big chance, and got a telling off from one of the big boys, and maybe you would expect them to be a bit shaken by that, a bit timid because of that, play within himself for the next couple of minutes. but the next time he got the ball, he tried to dribble past one of the best offenders on the team and was completely
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not bothered by any of that, and that stood out at the time is a sign that maybe there is something different about this guy. he had the grit, you could see it in your eyes. when he lost, you can see immediately on his face, and other players, and i think that was a good thing, i don't want them to smile if they lose, but they have to behave, respect the opponent and try even harder next time not to lose. erling was confidence from young age and in classroom you could see the confidence on the football pitch. now, erling is the best in the world, i think his mindset is brilliant. i try never to overthink, for me, is about taking the confidence from the last game, no matter how it went. if you did not score, you take this confidence with you that, ok, i didn't
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score at the last game, it's more likely i'm going to score in the next game, and when you think too much it's not a good thing. ijust try to go in the game and try to make the team as good as possible and if the team plays good, as a striker, i will get chances and when i get chances, normally i score. to me, it's not about him being strong and fast, but his thinking is so quick. he's so smart off the ball, a lot of that will have been learned when he was young because he had to learn how to find space, how to get on the wrong side of defenders, and this sort of stuff. i love to see it, when he understands where the ball is falling down and the defenders around him are confused, that's the best part. erling was a natural attacker, always looking for goals, he scored a lot when he was 13, 13 years old.
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each level had just continue to score — each level had just continue to store for— each level had just continue to score. for someone whose job it was to— score. for someone whose job it was to score goals, is a surprisingly selfless player. has reasonable number of assists even though he is a penalty box predator really. but he will look up and find a teammate if the pass is on. fin teammate if the pass is on. on the field, _ teammate if the pass is on. on the field, he definitely showed respect — the field, he definitely showed respect but he didn't show respect, _ respect but he didn't show respect, you know. he played his wax — respect, you know. he played his way. he wanted to play to his way. he wanted to play to his strengths and did not matter_ his strengths and did not matter if it was a 34—year—old 18 against _ matter if it was a 34—year—old 18 against him. matter if it was a 34-year-old 18 against him.— 18 against him. more, more, more. 18 against him. more, more, more- he — 18 against him. more, more, more. he scored _ 18 against him. more, more, more. he scored five - 18 against him. more, more, more. he scored five goals l 18 against him. more, more, | more. he scored five goals in the champions _ more. he scored five goals in the champions league - more. he scored five goals in the champions league but. more. he scored five goals inj the champions league but he more. he scored five goals in- the champions league but he was not happy. — the champions league but he was not happy. he _ the champions league but he was not happy. he was _ the champions league but he was not happy. he was mad. - the champions league but he was not happy. he was mad. he - the champions league but he was not happy. he was mad. he was. not happy. he was mad. he was going _ not happy. he was mad. he was going for— not happy. he was mad. he was going for six. _ not happy. he was mad. he was going for six, seven, _ not happy. he was mad. he was going for six, seven, eight. - not happy. he was mad. he was going for six, seven, eight. it. going for six, seven, eight. it was— going for six, seven, eight. it was crazy~ _ going for six, seven, eight. it was crazy. everyone - going for six, seven, eight. it was crazy. everyone would i going for six, seven, eight. it. was crazy. everyone would have gone _ was crazy. everyone would have gone off— was crazy. everyone would have gone off and _ was crazy. everyone would have gone off and been _ was crazy. everyone would have gone off and been happy- was crazy. everyone would have gone off and been happy and i gone off and been happy and remember— gone off and been happy and rememberthat_ gone off and been happy and remember that for— gone off and been happy and remember that for the - gone off and been happy and remember that for the rest l gone off and been happy andi remember that for the rest of their— remember that for the rest of their life. _ remember that for the rest of their life, but _ remember that for the rest of their life, but he _ remember that for the rest of their life, but he was - remember that for the rest of their life, but he was mad. i their life, but he was mad. that— their life, but he was mad. that is— their life, but he was mad. that is him. _ their life, but he was mad. that is him.— their life, but he was mad. that is him. he seemed very driven, that is him. he seemed very driven. he — that is him. he seemed very driven, he knew— that is him. he seemed very driven, he knew he - that is him. he seemed very| driven, he knew he wanted... this— driven, he knew he wanted... this was—
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driven, he knew he wanted... this wasjust a driven, he knew he wanted... this was just a pitstop for him _ this was just a pitstop for him a _ this was just a pitstop for him. a lot of respect for the club — him. a lot of respect for the club obviously but he knew he wanted — club obviously but he knew he wanted to go further. he had a lot more — wanted to go further. he had a lot more in— wanted to go further. he had a lot more in store for the future _ lot more in store for the future i— lot more in store for the future. . . , , , ~ future. i am a simple guy. when i do something _ future. i am a simple guy. when i do something and _ future. i am a simple guy. when i do something and i _ future. i am a simple guy. when i do something and i like - future. i am a simple guy. when i do something and i like it, - future. i am a simple guy. when i do something and i like it, i . i do something and i like it, i want to do it more. i would love to win more trophies. exactly same with the goals and the winning games. with the feeling is so nice. for me, it is a natural thing.— is a natural thing. when we first saw— is a natural thing. when we first saw how _ is a natural thing. when we first saw how good - is a natural thing. when we first saw how good he - is a natural thing. when we first saw how good he is . is a natural thing. when we i first saw how good he is going to he, — first saw how good he is going to be, our— first saw how good he is going to be, our best player at the moment, _ to be, our best player at the moment, and erling passed him and pushed him. ithink he is somewhere, and he was going to id somewhere, and he was going to go and _ somewhere, and he was going to go and everyone just said, wow, now go and everyone just said, wow, how we — go and everyone just said, wow, how we see _ go and everyone just said, wow, now we see how this guy is going _ now we see how this guy is going it— now we see how this guy is iioin _ ., , , . going. it was very exciting
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when he _ going. it was very exciting when he went _ going. it was very exciting when he went to - going. it was very exciting when he went to morde i going. it was very exciting i when he went to morde as going. it was very exciting l when he went to morde as a 16—year—old guy. when he went to morde as a 16-year-old guy.— 16-year-old guy. alfie and hurlin: 16-year-old guy. alfie and hurling themselves - 16-year-old guy. alfie and hurling themselves have l 16-year-old guy. alfie and hurling themselves have ai 16-year-old guy. alfie and - hurling themselves have a good feeling — hurling themselves have a good feeling from morde. they have a very good — feeling from morde. they have a very good track record of producing players. this is the time when his body starts filling out. they called him the manchild because he still has a young boy's face but he was starting to get the body ofjust an absolute unit. it was the summer of 2018 where he really caught the eye because they were playing away to bruhn and erling haaland, then 17 years of age, scores four goals in 21 minutes. four goals. for goals against bran! four goals! he was on the way to salzburg immediately. it's a dream, i'm living the dream. erling has had such a great season.
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we had a joke in the press conference that every day, there was a new team that was interested. at this point, everyone is interested but they decide to go to dortmund. why? well in large part because dortmund has no striker and so there is an obvious place for him. erling told me that school is not important, he's going to be a football player, star. i said "ok, if you're going to be an international "football player, you must buy me some tickets". and when he played in dortmund, he sent me some tickets and i was down in dortmund and saw the match, so erling is a man of his word. the biggest secret in football has been finally confirmed — i haaland is now an official manchester city player. i he joins the club| for {51.2 million. i'm absolutely buzzing! honestly, i can't wait! he scored goals in pocketfuls everywhere he has been and it is hard not to see
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that happening at city. with me as a striker, i want to have fun. when i have fun, i goals, i smile, i enjoy playing football and everything. so in the end, ijust want to smile a lot. first day? good to see you guys. i had to cancel a few of my broadcasting daysjust to watch him live, i can't wait. erling haaland scored twice . on his premier league debut. as man city began... he became the first ever player to score hat tricks... ..been described as a 21st—century goalscoring machine... he has the last thing that every striker needs — - — the finish. he has that in abundance, got the in abundance. - erling haaland, who scored 5 for manchester city last night in the champions league win. 0n the rinaldo—messi level... erling haaland scored his 50th goal of the season... - erling haaland scored his 55th premier league goal of the season... -- 35th.
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erling haaland has been named as the football writer's association player of the year. it is erling here, i just want to say thank you for your support. let's go! laughs. manchester city win the champions league, becoming the only the second team in english football history to complete the trebel of major trophies in a single season. n0 limit plays. come on! bryne, it turned completely on their head. if you walk around here, looking at the paintings, the statues — every time erling changed his club, this town changed its colour.
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it's surreal that one _ of the most famous footballers in the world has come out of this little place. - i think bryne now is most known in norway, and now all over the world for football. he put bryne on the map. everyone that has anything to do with football and knows about football usually knows where bryne or what rena is, is where erling is from. it seems like we all have agreed that it is ok to have two favourite teams in england now. i hope tourisme, people will come to eat a lot of food, see the bryne match, come and visit the place where erling has played. the impact is unbelievable. we have never seen something like this. everyone is interested in football, everyone loves erling. you can see it in the street. there are more tourists coming in, more interest around
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he has inspired young players, of course, all over norway. people say "oh, erling, a small kid from bryne can be "the best player in the world?" and they are believing. and they are dreaming. it is great to see all the smiles and supporting of erling. my life has changed, of course. i can't live normal — so normal anymore. that's something ijust have to do admit and that's how my life is, i can't complain. i try to enjoy every single moment of it, try to relax when i'm home with good people around me. erling won't have a normal life for the next 20 or 30 years. it's impossible. but i think if one person was able to handle that in quite a good way, that would be erling. he's so down to earth and that is what i like most about him. because tor all the success
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and how big a star he is now, still when he comes to bryne it isjust "hi," and just a normal guy. he does seem to have this ability to shut out of the lot of the noise. he does have a very solid grounding and i think some of that comes from your surroundings when you grow up. people rarely get overexcited about anything in bryne. it's a very sort of a farmer's mentality, you know? if things are good today, you still be vigilant — things might be bad tomorrow.
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and that is something you see in erling haaland. what he has done on the football pitch, that is lovely. but when he is speaking in front of the camera, he is always speaking about he'sjust a local boy from bryne. he is proud of where he has come from. the feet is on the ground. so, i am very proud for the whole person, erling, notjust what he does on the football pitch. i try to smile as much as i can because it's a good thing to have fun and to smile and i'm an emotional guy and i love to have the people that i love around me, to enjoy the moment with me and to help make me a better person and a player. the future for erling, i think, is focused — that he will continue to love football, to train well, and we can see now, which we didn't see before, that some people are great until their late 30s, and so that is what we hope for when it comes to erling. i've been developing
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a really positive way and that's important to me because i'm still really young, i am still 22 and i have a long career ahead of me and i still have to develop, and that is also something i was thinking of over one year ago, when i was thinking about my next move, you know? about how i can develop even more and become an even better player. i think he is going to win the ballon d'or. many of them. he is already breaking the premier league record, and that is crazy. the sky is the limit. i don't have words for what he is doing right now. the most important thing would be that he scores a lot of goals for the national side and gets us the european championship, or even the world championship — they would be the best part. his career has gone i on a straight line up. it is amazing, and it is all deserved. | he has kept- performing and doing what he needs to do. everything that erlingj experiences now, will experience, is 100%.
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deserved and as i said, we are so happy for him. i hope to see erling back in a bryne shirt, but i don't think it's in my time, maybe. he was a special boy. but to be the best player in the world, i'm not going to think that's going to be a reality. but he has a dream and working hard every day, so i am just proud to see what he do on the pitch every week. i will never be proud of - achievements from a footballer or erling, because i don't see that, i am very proud of howl behaved he represent . our region and our town in a very good way. and that makes me proud, not if he is first or run up l in the league.
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it is about staying humble but being confident that you're going to achieve something, that you're going to perform, but still do the hard work and never relax throughout the whole season. it's a long season, that's why i have to stay sharp here, it's not easy. but you have to stay sharp here, stay humble, work hard, but is the most important things. —— that's the most important things. hello there. part one of the weekend was quite mixed with low pressure nearby bringing sunshine and showers.
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some of the showers were heavy and thundery in places. sunday looks pretty similar. we've still got the same area of low pressure nearby, bringing sunshine and showers and it will be breezy, but not as windy as it was on saturday. this is the area of low pressure i'm talking about, sitting to the north—west of scotland. this feature will run in during sunday night and into monday across england and wales. sunday, though, starts off fine. some good spells of sunshine around. the showers will get going most in scotland, northern ireland. some heavy ones for north east scotland. better chance of staying dry altogether through central, southern and eastern england, where we'll see highs of 22 or 23 degrees. generally, it's the high teens, though, further north, especially where we have the showers. and then, this next feature starts to run into wales, south west england, bringing some heavy, perhaps thundery rain as it pushes northwards and eastwards during the night. scotland and northern ireland tending to stay dry away from these weather fronts. here, we'll see temperatures in the low teens. otherwise, it's the mid teens further south. then, for monday, we have got that feature moving across england and wales. could continue to bring heavy,
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thundery downpours in places — particularly in wales, north west england — but the heaviest of the rain will start to push out into the north sea as it clears away and we start to see some sunshine moving into western areas later in the day, so it is an improvement and not a bad day to come for scotland and northern ireland — fewershowers, more in the way of sunshine. again, temperatures 19—21 celsius. that area of low pressure clears away. we start to see this area of high pressure nosing in from the west. that should settle things down. there's still a chance of a few showers across the northern half of the country here with light, northerly winds but the winds will be very light and we should see a bit of sunshine once any morning mist and murk clears away for england and wales. temperatures responding — 23, maybe 24 degrees in the warmest spots. and that's the theme of things to come as we move through the week. high pressure starts to take over. we should see more drier weather, more sunshine around, so temperatures will respond. but with this area of low pressure trying to push in off the atlantic, we'll start to see winds coming in from the south to
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the south—east and that'll draw up some very warm air from the near continent. so, apart from the odd shower across northern areas towards the end of the week, it will be turning sunnier and warmer, especially in england and wales, with perhaps the high 20s likely across the south—east friday into the weekend.
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