Manchester City star player Erling Haaland recently met K-Pop idol Kim Jisoo during Manchester City’s preseason tour in South Korea. Haaland had posted a picture of them together on his social media handle last week. The picture took the internet by storm as fans were surprised to the soccer world and the K-Pop world collide.
The pair sat down for an interview for the Coupang Play series. At the end of the interview, Erling Haaland was seen gifting the singer a Manchester City jersey with her birthday date on the back of it.
The player said while gifting the jersey, “For you. As a thank you for meeting you. So, there’s a small jersey with this on.” To which Jisoo replied with an excited, “Oh! it’s my birthday!”
BLACKPINK’s Jisoo looked touched by the player’s heartwarming gesture towards her and was seen thanking him wholeheartedly.
Haaland giving Jisoo a signed Manchester City jersey with her name and birthday on the back. pic.twitter.com/PT1O3tviaa
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In the interview, the lead singer was seen teaching some Korean words to the Norwegian player. Furthermore, being five years older than the player, Jisoo jokingly requested him to call her “Jisoo Noona,” which means older sister in Korean.
Furthermore, they also talked about the player’s impression of his first visit to South Korea, his connection to his former teammate Hwang Hee Chan and his thoughts on winning the treble with Manchester City.
Erling Haaland learns the viral ‘Flower’ challenge from BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
The BLACKPINK singer played the role of the K-culture ambassador in the interview as she taught the player the viral ‘Flower’ challenge.
‘Flower’ was the singer’s first solo single which was released earlier this year. The song took the K-pop world by storm as it topped the Korean Melon charts for many months. Furthermore, many K-celebrities were seen taking on the ‘Flower’ TikTok challenge.
JISOO and Erling Haaland doing FLOWER challenge.pic.twitter.com/QpP2Rbn3oK
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The singer was seen teaching the hook step to her hit song in the interview. Furthermore, the soccer player looked at ease copying the K-Pop star’s dance moves. The fans are quite surprised to see him doing the challenge so naturally.
Manchester City traveled to South Korea and Japan for their preseason tour. The team was seen enjoying the South Asian culture during their visit. Furthermore, their preseason was somewhat successful having lost only one match at the hands of Atletico Madrid. They will be facing their Premier League rival Arsenal for their FA Community Shield fixture on August 6.
On the other hand, BLACKPINK is currently on their world tour “Born Pink.” This tour is so far the largest-scale world tour as compared to any other girl group in Korea.