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A new season has brought out a new look for Erling Haaland, and it didn\u2019t come without candid reactions from his loved ones. <\/p>\n

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The Manchester City star, known for his long blonde locks, dropped a YouTube video and several photos across social media on Sunday, showing off his new short hair hours before the club\u2019s Premier League opener against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite a shift after he has rocked the Viking-like hair throughout his four years at the club.<\/p>\n

In the YouTube clip, his longtime girlfriend\u00a0Isabel Haugseng Johansen, 22, could be seen in the room and she admitted \u201cI think I will cry\u201d after the long locks are gone. <\/p>\n

She yelped after the first few chunks of hair were cut off and said \u201cOh my god\u201d when looking at them in her hands. <\/p>\n

When the forward achieved his desired buzz cut, Johansen yelped again when looking at him and put her hands over her mouth in shock. <\/p>\n

After several more \u201cOh my god\u201d reactions, she eventually was pleasantly surprised, saying \u201cIt looks nice. You look cute.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comment wasn\u2019t exactly what Haaland, 25, wanted to hear as he was going for a more tough guy look. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll wake up in the morning and think, who\u2019s that?\u201d Johansen added.<\/p>\n

Johansen, who posted a photo from Sunday\u2019s match on her Instagram story, shared she also went for a fresh hair cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lil refresh for fall x,\u201d she wrote to her 2.1 million followers with one jumping in the comments to say \u201cfamily haircut day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple, who grew up together in Bryne, Norway, were a major highlight throughout the FIFA World Cup this summer as Haaland represented his country and pushed them to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

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Once the Norwegian\u00a0moved to Germany to play for Borussia Dortmund, Johansen reached out to him on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe sent me a message,\u201d\u00a0Haaland previously said. \u201cShe was the one who checked me out. I wasn\u2019t the one who checked her out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two welcomed a son in December 2024, but have not publicly shared a picture of him nor revealed his name.<\/p>\n

Before chopping his hair, Haaland said Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 warned him not to because \u201cyour strength is in your hair.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet he went through with it, neglecting the former Barcelona and Manchester United forward\u2019s advice and the biblical story of Samson.<\/p>\n

While in the barber\u2019s chair, Haaland tried to imagine how the City fans would react.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan\u2019t wait for the fans to sing, \u2018Who the f\u2014ing hell is that?\u2019\u201d he laughed. \u201cI want\u00a0Man City\u00a0fans to sing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cImagine if I score a header tomorrow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Soon after the World Cup, Haaland and Johansen stayed busy and in the spotlight as they stunned at the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show in Taormina, Sicily last month. <\/p>\n

The two also recently attended a Jennifer Lopez concert in Sicily where Haaland got \u201cjealous\u201d as actor Michele Morrone spoke with Jonansen. <\/p>\n

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At the time of writing, Manchester City trailed 1-0 in the second half.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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