“Hello Farmers. Braut plays for dirty blood money. There is only one Haaland” That was the message from the Battalion before the second half between Brann and Erling Braut Haaland’s childhood club on Sunday afternoon. The supporters’ club criticizes Haaland’s decision to sign for Premier League club Manchester City, and at the same time pays tribute to its own Markus Haaland (17). The banner prompts TV 2’s football pundit Yaw Amankwah to react. – Embarrassing, the Brann fans have been huge this season, but I think this one is embarrassing, he wrote on Twitter. – We should all, fans, players and coaches alike, be aware of the mechanisms in football and sports laundering. But then I think Haaland, because of his level and demeanor, has become an easy target, he explains to news. GOT STUCK: Erling Braut Haaland, here in action for Manchester City, got a sting from the Battalion. Photo: TONY OBRIEN / Reuters Amankwah believes that criticism should be directed at the system rather than individual players. – I have been clear in my statements about FIFA and clubs that are run by terrible regimes. That it is possible to run clubs like that is a shame and a sadness. But the players have to live in the world they live in. Then he becomes easy prey when he has made a choice that is best for him and his career. What do you think of the banner? Inside! Haaland has to put up with it Barely touch. Embarrassing and embarrassing I don’t care Show result – Can’t walk away from the criticism Fire supporter club The battalion agrees that sports laundering must also be tackled at the federation and club level, but does not think Haaland should be allowed to get away with it. – Haaland cannot walk away from the criticism. He could have chosen any club in the world. He didn’t have to choose the club that is one of the worst in sports washing. So he has to put up with that, says Battalion leader Erlend Ytre-Arne Vågane. news’s commentator Jan Petter Saltvedt also believes that Haaland has to put up with the criticism. – Haaland, he whose first name is Erling, has planned the next step in his career based on sporting and not least financial reasons and has certainly found that this part of the price is worth becoming an important part of the Emirates’ underlying strategy of owning a club like City. Put in much shorter terms: Of course he has to put up with this. In 2008, Manchester City was bought by the royal family of Abu Dhabi, the most powerful of the seven United Arab Emirates. They are accused of gross violations of human rights and Amnesty precisely describes the human rights situation in the emirates today as frighteningly bad. Reacting to Bryne sting Amankwah also believes that the criticism should be directed elsewhere. – Where is the border? Should no individuals receive criticism in such situations and be asked questions about this? – Haaland should be asked about it. But lines are drawn from his choice of club to him being immoral as a person. It’s embarrassing. – And then I ask the question again, where is the border? Martin Ødegaard is captain of Arsenal. He plays matches with Emirates on his chest, and the stadium is called Emirates Stadium. Where is the line, asks Amankwah. THE CHIEFS: Khaldoon al-Mubarak is City’s chairman. Here with Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola. Photo: Carl Recine / Reuters He gets an answer from news commentator Jan Petter Saltvedt: – In states where universal human rights are observed. Everyone else, including those who with open eyes choose to represent them, must endure criticism like this, without anyone saying it is Haaland’s personal responsibility to change it, says Saltvedt. Amankwah also reacts to Bryne being referred to as peasants in the banner. – I think it is embarrassing to have a message that is condescending and moralistic in the same vein. The Battalion does not agree with that. – I think the banner is fantastically good. It puts the spotlight on the biggest problem in football, and then we see from the reactions that it creates temperature and debate, and stings a little, says Vågane.
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