Kevin De Bruyne returned to training with Manchester City on Tuesday disguised as Erling Haaland, kind of.
The Belgian playmaker – who had been granted extra time off after his involvement at Euro 2024 this summer – arrived at City’s Etihad Campus sporting a new hairstyle.
City documented De Bruyne’s return by posting a video of him walking from the car park to the main building.
In the video, a voice from out of shot is heard shouting ‘oooooo top knot’ at De Bruyne, who responds by saying: ‘I need to cut my hair’.
De Bruyne’s new look generated a lot of comments on social media, where fans could not help but notice the similarities with Haaland’s famous hairstyle.
One comment on Instagram read: ‘Erling Bruyne’. Another fan wrote: ‘Haaland effect is really effective’.
A different fan tweeted: ‘Handsome version of Halaand’.
This is not the first time that De Bruyne has seemingly copied one of his team-mate’s hairstyles.
Midway through the 2023-24 season, the former Chelsea ace was said to be rocking the Jack Grealish look upon his return from an injury absence.
Despite not playing a single minute of City’s pre-season, De Bruyne could be in contention to feature against Manchester United in the Community Shield on Saturday.
Saturday’s game will be a repeat of last season’s FA Cup final, which United won 2-1.
City will then begin the defence of their Premier League title with a trip to Chelsea eight days later.
