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Erling Haaland revealed a fresh haircut before Manchester City's Premier League curtain raiser against Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon, live on Sky Sports. <p>The striker ditched his trademark long, tied-back look and returned to a shorter hairstyle reminiscent of his early Borussia Dortmund days. <!--ScriptorStartFragment--></p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/TransfersSkySportsApp">Transfer Centre LIVE!</a> | <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ManCityblogarticles">Man City news & transfers</a>\ud83d\udd35</strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/ManCityscores">Man City fixtures & scores</a> | <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/FreePLHighlightsFirst">FREE Man City highlights</a>\u25b6\ufe0f</strong></li><li><strong>Got Sky? <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchPremarticles">Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone</a>\ud83d\udcf1</strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">Latest Sky Sports deals</a> or <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports/football/premier-league?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink">stream PL games with no contract</a>\ud83d\udcfa</strong></li></ul><widget id="3"></widget><p><!--ScriptorEndFragment--></p><p>The 26-year-old posted another image on X showing the various stages of his haircut, which he captioned "New hair don't care".<br /><br />In a July interview on <em>Fox Sports</em>, Haaland said he kept his previous style on the advice of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, another prolific long-haired Scandinavian striker.<br /><br />Haaland said: "Zlatan - you know what he told me? 'Never cut your hair because the strength is in the hair.'"</p><p>He unveiled his new look on his ever-growing social media accounts on Sunday morning ahead of <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/manchester-city-vs-bournemouth/559451">Bournemouth's visit</a>.</p><p>Haaland emerged from the 2026 World Cup as one of the tournament's biggest social media stars after helping Norway reach the quarter-finals.</p><p>The 26-year-old scored seven goals during Norway's run and gained more than 32m Instagram followers during the 39-day tournament, the biggest growth of any player involved.</p><p>His growing profile away from the pitch has added another dimension to Haaland's status as one of football's biggest global stars, with his personality and social media content attracting a new audience beyond his performances for club and country.</p><p>That audience will get its first look at Haaland's new hairstyle in competitive action when Manchester City begin the post-Pep Guardiola era.</p> <widget id="2"></widget><p>Guardiola stepped down at the end of last season after more than a decade in charge, with Enzo Maresca taking over as City's new head coach. Maresca will oversee his first Premier League game at the Etihad.</p><p>Haaland remains the focal point of the new-look City side and will be expected to lead the line as Maresca begins his reign.</p><p>City suffered a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Community Shield last weekend, but Maresca has backed his squad to respond as they begin their league campaign.</p> <widget id="6"></widget>
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