Erling Haaland’s popularity went to another level during the 2026 World Cup.
The Premier League striker had an excellent tournament with Norway, scoring seven goals as his country reached the quarter-final before losing to England.
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Haaland gained more followers on Instagram than any other soccer player during the World Cup, and his social media popularity has continued in the weeks after he left North America for his summer holiday.
The latest trend involving Haaland centres around him commenting on clubs’, fans’ and brands’ social media posts.
When taking part, the social media poster will write something along the lines of ‘is cool because’… ‘some guy named Erling will comment’.
Haaland has responded to a number of the posts already, but at the time of writing, he has not commented on the Golden State Warriors’ tweet.
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The NBA outfit shared an old video of the Manchester City player gifting them a signed shirt.
They then captioned the clip: “The internet is cool because we can post an old jersey swap, and maybe some guy named Erling will comment ‘Go Dubs’.”
