Norway in bother as we place ‘viking curse’ on Haaland earlier than large England World Cup conflict
Your Daily Star is making sure it’s coming home…by placing a curse on Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norway side before they meet England in Saturday’s World Cup quarter final
The Daily Star has placed a runic curse on Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian football team ahead of England’s World Cup fixture against the squad on Saturday.
We have called upon supernatural forces, taking inspiration from the Ghanaian witch doctor Kwaku Bonsam, after the Norway side had already been hit by illness.
The self-described “most powerful spiritualist in the whole world” previously claimed to place a curse on England captain Harry Kane prior to the Three Lions draw against Ghana.
Using the Norwegian runic alphabet, reporter Joshua Whorms branded a Norway flag, cursing the team with a strong message and delivering it to the Norwegian Embassy in Belgravia, London.
Dressed in an England shirt and Viking attire, your Daily Star etched: “It’s coming home,” on the flag, wishing non-fatal ill fortune to Haaland and his national team.
The Daily Star plans to release the curse after the team is beaten by England during the upcoming game in Miami at 10pm.
To find out if medieval Norse Viking curses could affect someone, the Daily Star spoke to Terry Adrian Gunnell, Professor in Folkloristics, at the University of Iceland.
He told the Star that in ancient Viking stories there were examples of old Norse magicians called Seiðr men affecting the fate of a certain person.
The folklore fanatic said: “They call them Seiðr men, who will go up on a platform and curse someone and that means that they can’t sleep properly and have bad dreams and in old Norse there is a very strong idea of fate – that you don’t question.”
The professor added the Star’s attempts to curse the Norway squad may be in vain due to the predetermined nature of fate in norse folklore.
Gunnell said: “Fate is basically decided beforehand which may be also bad for England. You never know how it’s going to be.
“You got a matter of St George vs Thor here. And they both fought dragons of some kinds.”
The Daily Star’s attempts to curse the Nordic squad comes after reports the team’s camp has been hit by a sick bug. Multiple squad members are understood to have fallen ill throughout the tournament.
The problem afflicting the side is believed to date back to the group stage despite team doctor Ola Sand’s attempts to downplay the issue.
Norway’s goalkeeper Orjan Nyland has confirmed the speculation around the poorly player to be true. Earlier this week when questioned on the rumours Nyland said: “I can confirm that it’s true.
“We have had our problems. We’re doing the best that we can and the team doctor is very busy at the moment.
“Hopefully everything goes well and we face England with a fully rested squad on Saturday.”
