England's 7th place team asked to borrow Haaland for the World Cup
"Ashton United can confirm that the club has offered a 28-day loan deal to Man City striker Haaland," read a statement on Ashton United's homepage on November 14.
Ashton United was founded in 1878, with headquarters in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. This club is playing in the Northern Premier League - the 7th tier originally for English semi-professional and amateur clubs - and has a home ground at Hurst Cross with a capacity of 4,500 people. Ashton United is currently 11th, eight points behind leaders Hyde United. The top two teams in the Northern Premier League will be promoted to the 6th National League North from next season.
"With the reigning Premier League champions not playing until the end of December because of the 2022 World Cup, we have reached out to a neighboring club at Etihad to help Haaland maintain fitness and the feeling of competition, because he not attend the tournament in Qatar," Ashton United added.
Ashton United insists very seriously with this offer. "The club has not received any response from Man City yet. This is not a hoax, we are waiting for a response," the English 7th club wrote on Twitter and included a cross-fingered emoji. .
Ashton United coach Michael Clegg emphasized that this was a reasonable deal for all three sides. "Man City are not playing, and we want Haaland to stay fit. That makes more sense than Haaland playing golf for six weeks," he explained. "We think Haaland will fit right in and quickly integrate into Ashton United's dynamic squad."
After half a day, the announcement on Twitter about Ashton United's loan request for Haaland received nearly 100,000 likes, more than 1,000 comments and more than 11,000 shares. The club then joked that their homepage was down because of too many hits.
After Euro 2021, Haaland continued to be absent from the 2022 World Cup because Norway only finished the qualifying round in third place in Group G, and could not even win a play-off ticket. During the 2022 World Cup, Norway has two friendly matches against the Republic of Ireland on November 17 and Finland on November 20. Norway confirmed that Haaland will miss the match against the Republic of Ireland, but can participate in the confrontation with Finland.
Haaland injured his foot from the 0-0 draw with Dortmund in the Champions League on October 25, and missed the next two matches against Sevilla and Leicester. He returned as a substitute and scored a second-half penalty, helping Man City beat Fulham 2-1 in round 15 of the Premier League, but sat out the 2-0 win over Chelsea in the third round of the League Cup. British delegation on 9/11. Haaland played the full 90 minutes but lost in the 1-2 defeat to Brentford on November 12.
According to Pep Guardiola, Man City players who are not attending the 2022 World Cup, including Haaland and Riyad Mahrez, will be given a two-week break. After that, they will return to training in Mancheste and then go to training and play a friendly match in Abu Dhabi. Man City will return with a match against Liverpool in the round of 16 of the English League Cup on December 22.
