Transition Erling Netherlands From Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City – the brightest transfer so far next summer. England’s defending champions paid £51.2m for the 21-year-old Norwegian, and the contract included a €150m release clause. That’s right, but it will take effect after two seasons of Haaland.

Meanwhile, Manchester City is no stranger club to the Erling family. In 2000 his father moved there from Leeds. Alf-Inge NetherlandsUnfortunately, he could not play for the new club. The Norwegian defender was deliberately injured, which ended his career. Then we tell why the Manchester United football player took revenge on him. Roy Keane.

Alf-Inge arrived in England in the early ’90s – playing for Nottingham Forest, where he was a backup to England defender Stuart Pearce. Haland Sr. He was never considered the best player, but after moving to Leeds he managed to build one of the most reliable defensive lines in the Premier League with Lucas Radebe.

In September 1997, his new club faced Manchester United and Leeds assistant manager in the Roses Derby. David O’Leary He challenged Holland to play personally with Roy Keane.

David O’Leary on George Graham’s Leeds coaching staff

“I ran into Alfie Holland all the time in the game. It made me sad from the beginning of the match. I could have put up with late interventions though – it was an integral part of football. But sticking and poking at the t-shirt when I was out of the ball impressed me. Sometimes Holland wouldn’t even follow the game, he would just run after me. I think David O’Leary (who faced Roy for the Irish national team – Note Sport24), who knew how to get me, gave this assignment for Haaland.”Keane wrote in his first autobiography.

In the 90s, the Irishman was considered one of the toughest defenders – in the game against Leeds, Roy wanted to break the rules in Norway, but made it worse for himself: “I tried to trip him up, not shoot him. I knew I might deserve a warning. My spikes tripped as I slid over the grass. I even heard my ligaments crack. In an instant, excruciating pain hit me.”.

But Holland was ecstatic with anger – he saw Keane not getting up from the grass and right on the field accused him of simulating. It turned out that Roy had a cruciate ligament injury and it took 11 months to heal.

Roy only returned to the field in May 1998 – he was carefully brought back to base to avoid a relapse. Between 1997 and 2001 Keane and Holland crossed paths twice more. However, their third meeting for Alf-Inge ended in a sad result.

In April 2001 the Norwegian played for Manchester City, this time facing Keane in the Manchester derby. Apparently, at the end of the match, Roy decided that the moment of revenge had come – the spiked sole of his boot flew to Holland’s knee, who began to writhe in pain. Chief Referee David Elleray Without hesitation, he showed Keane a red card. However, Roy bent over Holland before receiving the letter and shouted something in his face.

“I won’t tell you what you told me. Let’s just say it wasn’t very nice. Next time I’ll check the insurance before the Manchester United game”– Holland said in an interview with the BBC after the match.

Keane was suspended for three matches and a £5,000 fine. In his first autobiography, which came out that year, Roy traveled around the Netherlands, writing: “I’ve waited so long for this moment. I gave it to him properly. The ball was close (I thought so). Here, bastard! Try to approach me with a smile again and say I’m faking it.

Such words did not please the English Football Association. The organization launched an investigation, and then the Manchester United captain was banned for 5 more matches and fined 150 thousand liras. Already in the second biography, Keane admitted that he really wanted to take revenge on Holland.

“Did I want to seriously injure the Netherlands? Number. But I wanted revenge on him. He constantly provoked me, said something, tried to leave traces of his nails on my legs. I’ve regretted a lot of things in my life, but definitely not about this one. If I’m a vengeful lunatic, why wait years to cripple him? Running across the field, I thought: “I’ll get it now. Now I’m sure I’ll get it”? Number. Or have I got it in my head? Of course yes. I realized that if I ever get a chance, of course I’d try to knock him out. Naturally. It’s a game. But there’s an important difference between simply hitting a player and wanting to injure them. Any An experienced football player will tell you that.”Roy wrote.

As for the Netherlands, he never managed to open due to his injured knee. In the summer of 2003, after several failed surgeries, Alf-Inge quit football at the age of 29. Many (including the football player) argue that the Norwegian did not end his career due to an injury he received after Keane’s strike. But the incident with the Manchester United captain could have definitely influenced Haaland’s decision to turn off his boots.