Celebrated in Dortmund, maybe on the bench in Norway: Despite his outstanding second half of the season at BVB, Erling Haaland is not guaranteed a starting eleven for the national team. “We have three strikers who performed very well. We’ll see who plays,” said national coach Lars Lagerbäck before the Nations League matches against Austria on Friday and in Northern Ireland on Monday. Haaland, 20, has only played two international matches for Norway and has not yet scored a goal.
In the attack of the Scandinavians, he has strong competition in Joshua King (AFC Bournemouth) and Alexander Sörloth (Trabzonspor), who was most recently the top scorer in Turkey, at RB Leipzig. “All three are in the same situation. This is a decision that we have to make based on the opponents and priorities in our game. It’s about getting the team right,” said Lagerbäck. He was “very grateful” for this luxury problem.
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