ERLING HAALAND has paid a visit to “Mr Fix” in his pursuit of world dominance.
The striker for Manchester City is questionable for the Club World Cup.
This week, Haaland took a flight to Spain to see biomechanics expert John Haddad, who will evaluate the foot issue he sustained in the loss to Aston Villa ten days ago.
Biomechanics expert John Haddad, left, with Erling Haaland, centre
John Haddad has been helping Erling Haaland for several years
Erling Haaland is a doubt for the Club World Cup
The 23-year-old Norwegian goal machine has been working closely with the former jeweller from Lebanon since 2020 and has faith in him to hasten his recuperation from wounds.
He experienced a hip injury two years ago while playing for Borussia Dortmund, but it healed considerably more quickly than anticipated after working with Haddad, also known as “Mr Fix.”
As a result, the Norwegian media heralded him as a “miracle man,” even though some of his approaches and viewpoints were regarded as a little unconventional.
He saw him once more this week, accompanied by Mario Pafundi, the City physiotherapist.
After today’s match between Crystal Palace and Etihad, City manager Pep Guardiola expects that the 19-goal striker will fly to Saudi Arabia with the team.
However, he might skip the two Jeddah games.
“Erling arrived back on Friday — the doctors will see him and we will see how he feels,” Guardiola stated. This week, he received therapy away.
“Perhaps he can visit Saudi Arabia. When we return, we’ll check to see if he can play in the second game or the first one.
“I don’t think he’ll play against Palace, but I could be wrong.”
In the CWC semifinal on Tuesday, City takes on Urawa Red Diamonds, a Japanese team.
Although Haaland missed Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Luton, Guardiola stated they are still being cautious with him.
“Players sometimes recover quickly, longer,” he stated. He’ll play as soon as he is pain-free.
Haddad is a movement and biomechanics therapist with a practice in Beirut.
He wrote a book about the actual purposes of muscles and holds that although the human body is complicated, complicated healing techniques are not necessary for it.
In addition, Haddad owns a company that makes light-blocking spectacles, which Haaland has utilized to enhance his quality of sleep and relaxation.
As they take on Palace, Pep doesn’t want his players to daydream about the Saudi sunshine.
“That is my job, to warn them and make sure they know,” he declared.
“We always face off against Crystal Palace.”
The goal machine picked up a foot problem in City’s shock defeat to Aston Villa ten days ago
Pep Guardiola is hopeful Manchester City’s main man will be able to travel to Saudi
The Norwegian has sought the help of biomechanics expert John Haddad to be fit for the competition