Erling Haaland becomes character in Clash of Clans
By Noor Nanji
One of the world’s most popular mobile games, Clash of Clans, has unveiled a surprise new character – the Manchester City football star Erling Haaland.
An animated version of Haaland will become the Barbarian King in the game, developer Supercell said.
From Wednesday, players will be able to recruit the Norwegian striker to join them, or try to ruin his village.
Haaland, a long-time fan of Clash of Clans, said becoming a playable character was “really cool”.
The fantasy video game sees players battle to build their own village and launch raids on others to seek more power.
It has been downloaded more than two billion times since it was first released more than a decade ago.
Haaland’s character is the first in the game to be based on a real person.
