– I have a good feeling that it will go well. “I think he’s looking good, but he hasn’t done any physical activity,” the national team boss said of Erling Braut Haaland on Wednesday morning.

The Norway star forward joined the Norwegian national team on Tuesday after several days of celebration and honors. Solbakken said he and Brede Hangeland chatted for half an hour with the recent triple winner on Tuesday night.

– We passed all the parties… no, Solbakken jokes.

– We make plans with respect to how he feels. I think we landed in a good place. He looks healthy, both in his head and feet, stressed the national team manager.

Standing over the training session

Part of the plan is to give Haaland, who just days ago helped win the Champions League with Manchester City and has since been partying and celebrating in Ibiza and Manchester, a quiet start.

– Today should be a quiet start where he is with the boys where he can practice a bit with the ball, but not at a wild pace, said Solbakken.

– We will run eleven against eleven in the last half of training in full swing, where we change the team a little. He was over it, he added.

There will be more eleven-on-eleven practice in Thursday’s session, and Haaland will be in attendance.

Haaland’s striker partner in the national team, Alexander Sørloth, also chatted with the Manchester City star on Tuesday night.

– It looks like he is in good shape and ready for competition, Sørloth told NRK.

He was also in tip-top shape during the triple win celebration:

In three days, the first of two very important internationals for Norway awaits. Scotland awaits in front of a packed Ullevaal on Saturday, before another game against Cyprus will take place on Tuesday.

Norway have had a poor start to European Championship qualification with defeats and draws to Spain and Georgia respectively, and are counting on better points in the next two matches, if Norway are to go to the European Championships in Germany next. summer.

Norway haven’t won the title since last year’s EC 23.

Thank you for the love

At 3:46 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, NRK photographers snapped Haaland’s private jet on the runway in Gardermoen. A few minutes later the door opened and out came the super striker.

For the occasion, dress all in black and with your hair loose. Isabel Haugseng Johansen was also on the plane. The two have been photographed together on several occasions, including after the Champions League final.

Later that afternoon, Haaland himself took to Instagram to thank him for all the support he has received.

– Thank you so much for the messages and all the love everyone. I’m so excited, the soccer star wrote to his more than 32 million fans on Instagram.

He wrote it over a photo of himself – wearing the jersey of the Norwegian national team. Now he will try to shift his focus from the three wins and celebrations to the important matches of the Norwegian national team.

It’s not necessarily the easiest, according to the national team manager. Solbakken has highlighted several times how Haaland must now be mentally prepared for new endeavors ahead of a successful season.

When asked by NRK which button Solbakken should press, he replied:

– It’s not like me to go into his room and give an Al Pacino speech like that right now to kick it off on Saturday. It’s about common sense. Rest, sleep, proper food and tactical training. “I have to appreciate that we may have to add a slightly different spin on Saturday compared to other players, given what he has been through,” said Solbakken.