ULLEVAAL (Dagbladet): Erling Braut Haaland (21) does not intend to meet the Norwegian media at the Ullevaal Stadium on Monday. But then the national football team changed plans.

Shallow?

– I can totally say that. Several players were invited to His Majesty the King. “We think that’s a good reason,” said national team coach Ståle Solbakken.

– What kind of meeting is that?

– I can’t tell you until I’m there.

Norway is preparing for its match against Serbia in the Nations League on Thursday. The match was played in Belgrade.

The national team’s media manager, Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg, would not go into details about the royal visit:

– You have to take this with the castle, he replied in a text message. Even on the page, the conversation doesn’t go haywire when Dagbladet makes contact:

– We do not provide information about the king’s personal program, wrote assistant communications manager, Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, in a text message.

– I don’t want to talk about it

Initially, some players will meet the media at the Ullevaal Stadium this morning. The program has now been postponed to Tuesday.

At Ullevaal, Ståle Solbakken was asked if Haaland’s press conference was rushed to avoid meetings with Serbian and Swedish journalists this weekend. This was strongly denied by the national team coach.

As long as Haaland is not officially featured at Manchester City, he is prohibited from speaking about the club. This created a challenge for the national team, who of course knew that this had the interest of the world press.

When the Norwegian royal couple visited the Dutch royal couple in November, the king joked about “Haaland” and “Holland”. He was referring to the World Cup qualifying match between the teams in September 2021.

Zlatan’s message: – Gal

– Many Dutch fans thought Norwegian fans chanted «Holland». But in fact it was “Haaland” they shouted – the striker of the Norwegian team, said the king jokingly.

For royal smiles and laughter.