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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is set to return to action after more than a month. The Citizens will face Liverpool in the last 16 of the English League Cup. In an interview with SkySports, the striker said he is bored training on his own while his team-mates are in Qatar. I'm working hard while the lads are away, it's a bit boring sometimes, but time flies. I do miss all the banter, I'm not going to lie, and celebrating goals alone, it's not the same," said Haaland.

The Norwegian was one of the few football stars who missed out on the World Cup, as his national team failed to qualify for the tournament, so after a few weeks on holiday he returned to training with Manchester City. Erling Haaland is looking forward to the end of the World Cup and the resumption of the Premier League. The Norwegian has not been able to enjoy this World Cup and is already 'bored' without football. In a funny advert with 'Sky Sports', the Manchester City striker becomes a mascot, a gardener and even dresses a mannequin in De Bruyne's shirt to kill the boredom during this break.

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Haaland says he has been "working hard" while his friends were away, but admitted he "missed the banter" during the team's training sessions. So much time without a Premiership makes Haaland even jump on the pitch and start a lawnmower, because the return of the English league is getting closer and closer. "Time flies," the City striker is looking forward to it. He even tried his hand at being City's mascot.

The Norwegian, with most of his teammates in Qatar during this World Cup, kills time in the ad, wishing the return of his partners on the green. One of the funniest moments in the ad is when he dresses a training dummy in a City shirt with the number 17 on the back and Kevin's name. He misses his assists.

Haaland bored after the World Cup

Haaland, who is desperate to get the Premier League back on track, was also spotted during this amusing advert bursting into one of Manchester City's meeting rooms. He heard laughter and thought his team-mates had returned. However, it was just Micah Richards and Roy Keane laughing on TV. He also remembered the Norwegian from Grealish, who he calls during the advert on the phone. No one answered, just an answering machine with the England star's voice: "OK, this is Jack, leave a message".