England may have knocked Norway out of the World Cup, but it will take far more than that to knock the bromance between Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland off kilter. In the run-up to Saturday night’s match, social media was awash with excavated video clips and montages celebrating the longstanding bond between the two star players, who first met back when they were youngsters starting out at the German club Borussia Dortmund.
And before they took to the pitch, the duo shared a jokey greeting, with Bellingham planting a playful kick on Haaland’s back as the two teams filed out from the tunnel – worlds away from the frowny machismo that often tends to come out in the moments before a match.
