The internet will literally believe anything.
Erling Haaland is very good at football, in case you didn’t know.
The towering Norwegian has taken to the Premier League like a duck to water and has already established himself as one of the best players in the world.
Naturally, when anyone has that much talent, there is hope that other members of the family will follow suit and also make a name for themselves on the big stage.
However, unfortunately for the Haaland family, that is yet to happen. The Manchester City forward does have other siblings who play football such as his cousin, Albert Tjåland.
A video circulating on Twitter has claimed that the younger Haaland is a lean, mean, scoring machine, but there is one fault: the player in the video is not him.
In fairness, the goal is one that anyone would be proud of claiming as one of their own. A neat, swinging ball into the box is met with a perfectly executed scissor kick volley. The stuff of dreams but again, as mentioned earlier, it’s not him.
Plenty of accounts gaining thousands of retweets by drooling over this goal from Erling Haaland’s cousin. To be fair, it is remarkable.
What’s more remarkable is that no one bothered to find out that this is actually Brad Potts, playing for Preston North End. https://t.co/PEMR665FOp
— Will Robinson (@WillRobinsonUK) October 12, 2022
The goal was actually scored by Preston North End’s Brad Potts, who while I’m sure is flattered to be put in the same bracket as the Haaland family, should be the one taking the credit for an incredible strike.
Social media however has fabricated the idea that Albert in fact shares the last name and also has an impressive goal tally. One tweet claimed that Tjåland – or in this case, Haaland – had scored 64 goals in 37 games for Norwegian side Brann at the age of 18.
That is simply not true.
Albert does play football, but for the Molde reserve side, where he has barely featured this campaign. Haaland actually only has one career goal to his name. Not quite the level of his cousin just yet.
If this simple mistake has proved one thing, it’s that the internet will really believe anything.
🚨 Erling Haaland's cousin Albert Braut Haaland plays with Norwegian Bran: – 37 matches – 64 goals
He is 18 years old 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/VQUd6wDtBx
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) October 12, 2022
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