Erling Haaland becomes the first ‘real person’ in Clash of Clans

Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland is becoming a playable video crippled characteristic successful Clash of Clans this week. It’s nan first clip a existent personification has been added to nan game, and footballer Haaland will go nan Barbarian King characteristic during a month-long football-themed seasonal event.

Clash players will beryllium capable to enlistee nan Norwegian striker aliases ambush his colony and ruin it — cleanable if you’re an Arsenal instrumentality for illustration me.

Haaland has played Clash of Clans for much than 10 years and reached retired to Supercell, nan Finnish crippled developers down nan celebrated mobile game, to make a business happen. Supercell jumped astatine nan opportunity. “When we heard Erling Haaland was a instrumentality of our crippled and that he wanted to partner pinch us, it was really a dream scenario,” says Stuart McGaw, wide head of Clash of Clans.

Haaland was astir 10 years aged erstwhile he first discovered Clash, and has built up an in-game colony successful nan fantasy-themed world. “I’ve been a immense instrumentality of nan crippled for a agelong clip and cognize everything astir it, truthful to look arsenic an in-game characteristic is really cool,” says Haaland.

The typical Haaland play starts tomorrow and runs until May 31st, and if you return down Haaland successful nan battlefield you’ll triumph further rewards and a spot connected nan leaderboards.