Erling Haaland, 25, Manchester City striker, was facing a football interview with Sky Sports. He ended up talking about something else.
He said he finds it ridiculous that men still think washing dishes or looking after a child is ‘helping’ at home. For him, it is simple: it is work, and everyone has an obligation to take it on. He did not say it from theory. In Manchester, he shares the upbringing of his son, born in late 2024, with his partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen. And before that, at 16, he was already cooking, washing and tidying up on his own, when he left Norway to move to Austria and play for Red Bull Salzburg.
A man used to being judged by goals decided that he also wants to be judged by this.