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Erling Haaland took his extraordinary record in 2025/26 to 30 goals in 19 appearances when he scored twice for Norway against Estonia on Thursday night, all but securing a first World Cup appearance in 28 years for his country.

For the first time in his career, the 25-year-old will have to deal with a major summer tournament and the effects that can have on his fitness and managing a physical workload during the season. He will also have to do it in what is expected to be one of the hottest climates imaginable for a tournament.

It will bring into focus his workload over the course of this campaign, with Haaland undroppable for Manchester City . In those 19 games, he has found the back of the net in 17 of them.

His season arguably began with 256 minutes in the Club World Cu

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