Manchester City star Erling Haaland opened up about the start of his relationship with his girlfriend Isabel Haugseng Johansen, revealing she made the first move.
Haaland and Johansen have largely kept their private life under wraps, but the City star was quizzed as part of an interview with Norwegian broadcaster NRK’s portrait series ‘A-team’.
The series aims to ask leading figures a range of unfiltered questions, with Haaland’s interview – which is released on Wednesday – seeing him asked about topics including hair oil and fear of death, Pep Guardiola, and dinner with Spiderman.
In a clip released from the interview, Haaland was questioned about the start of his relationship with Johansen and revealed she had made the first move.
‘She sent me a message,’ Haaland said. ‘She played in the same club as me, Bryne.’
‘She was the one who checked me out. I wasn’t the one who checked her out.’
Erling Haaland has opened up on the start of his relationship with Isabel Haugseng Johansen
Haaland revealed Johansen had messaged him first when they were both playing at Bryne
It had long been understood that Haaland and Johansen, who is three years younger, had been when playing at the youth academy at Bryne.
Haaland joined Bryne at the age of five and spent more than 10 years with the Norwegian side before later having spells at RB Salzburg, Dortmund and now City.
The couple started dating when he was at Borussia Dortmund, with Isabel making frequent trip to visit him.
Johansen has been increasingly seen in the public eye during Haaland’s time at City, celebrating with him during their trophy successes.
The couple also welcomed their first child back in December.
During the summer, Haaland and Johansen were seen holidaying on a yacht in Ibiza, before attending fashion shows in Rome.
Haaland was asked during the interview what a romantic evening with Johansen looks like.
‘I cook,’ Haaland said. ‘This will probably sound a bit embarrassing to her, but she likes to play [games]. So we play Minecraft together. We build houses and all that.
Johansen has been on the pitch with Haaland celebrating major achievements in his career
‘Or we go home to Bryne and order kebabs.’ Haaland’s has previously named kebabs as his favourite food – and in this interview says he could even serve them at his and Isabel’s wedding.
Haaland also revealed he had faced a race against time to attend the birth of their first child last year, after playing for Manchester City in a match last December.
The Norwegian star explained how he had left immediately after the match to join Johansen and was present throughout the birth.
Haaland has enjoyed a superb start to the new Premier League season, with the forward having scored eight goals in the opening six matches of the campaign.
The forward also scored in Man City’s first Champions League match of the season, which saw him become the fastest player in the competition’s history to reach the 50 goal mark.
Only Tottenham have prevented Haaland from scoring in a match so far this season.
