BUNDESLIGA
Haaland: "You look at Mbappé and think you can always reach a higher level"
The Dortmund attacker spoke to Bundesliga's official website and said he is always trying to improve and his father was his main role model.
Erling Haaland was interviewed by the Bundesliga website and explained why he has found it so easy to adapt to life at Borussia Dortmund. "You know, I've been here one month," he says. "But when my team is all so good, it gets easy sometimes to create chances and to play with them, because they’re so good. The first second I played with Jadon [Sancho], Marco [Reus], Thorgan [Hazard], you know these guys, it just sits direct, and that's how it is with world-class players."
"I was good at jumping," says Haaland about his athleticisim, which has been getting a lot of attention lately. "I think I have a world record in jumping for five or six-year-old guys. I was also good at sprinting. I think so, yeah. It's a good record, yes, but I think it's unofficial!"
The Dortmund star had been linked with moves to the Premier League and elsewhere. He says his dream was to become a professional footballer but now he is one he can always improve as a player.
"I always said to myself that my dream is to become one of the best players in the world, but also to become a professional football player," he says. "I said to myself my whole life, and I knew when I was young that I was good, but you know, it's also a long way to go. But when I got my first professional contract in Bryne, I was thinking 'this is a good thing'. But on the other side, it's nothing compared to others. Also, when I was in Salzburg, I started scoring goals there, but if I'm realistic, I look at Kylian Mbappe, he's scoring, he's banging in goals in Ligue 1, so you know, you can always reach a higher level in football."
"Yeah, of course, my father has been a big role model for me," he says about his father, the former Manchester City and Norweigan midfielder. "I always said to myself I want to become a professional football player at a high level, and that's what I said my whole life. To try to get better than him is also a goal. I had a lot of role models, but my father is maybe the biggest one."