Erling Haaland has lifted the lid on his bonkers 6,000 calorie-a-day diet that has fuelled one of the most prolific goalscoring seasons ever seen in world football.
Haaland moved from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City in the summer for just $AUD89 million and has decimated the Premier League already, bagging 15 league goals in just nine games.
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No player in Premier League history has ever reached the 15-goal mark as quickly as the Norwegian and in the documentary ‘Haaland: The Big Decision’, the secret to his absurd goalscoring rate was revealed.
“You don’t eat this, but I am concerned with taking care of my body,” Haaland said as the camera shows chunks of heart and liver prepared for him by a butcher.
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“I think eating quality food that is as local as possible is the most important. People say meat is bad for you but which? The meat you get at McDonald’s? Or the local cow eating grass right over there? I eat the heart and liver.”
The 22-year-old, who claims he eats 6,000 calories each and every day, enjoys sipping on filtrated water.
“The first thing I do in the morning is to get some sunlight in my eyes, it is good for circadian rhythm,” Haaland said.
“I have also started to filtrate my water a bit. I think it can have great benefits for my body.”
A more normal choice of food fuelling Haaland’s success is lasagne, which his father, Alfie, serves him before games.
“I’ve had it before every home game now and that turns out fairly well, so there has to be something special he adds to it,” Haaland said.
“I help out very little. I mostly lie on the couch watching him. That’s the way it works.”
