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Manchester City star Erling Haaland and WWE superstar John Cena came together to promote Man City’s pre-season USA tour. The duo was seen promoting the tour in a hilarious video posted by the official handle of the football club. In the video, Haaland was seen taking a call from a secret super fan, on answering the call he realises that it was from the 16-time world champion. Cena appeared on Haaland’s phone with the camera turned off, which prompted the latter to ask, “How come I can’t see you?”
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Cena replied with his landmark phrase “You can’t see me?” and then panned the camera down to reveal himself having donned a blonde wig to resemble Haaland. Then the wrestler asked about the forthcoming tour of Manchester City, “What this I hear about a US tour?” The 23-year-old then went on to confirm that the football club will be touring the USA. He said, “Yeah, we are coming to the US this pre-season.”
Erling Haaland announces Manchester City's pre-season USA tour
The 46-year-old seemed to be ecstatic by the news and jumped with joy just when the striker confirmed the news to him. Haaland said, “We are going to New York, Chapel Hill, Coloumbus, and Orlando.” Not only this but Haaland was visibly stunned by John Cena’s look and said, “You have to stop doing this,” but ended the clip by saying, “His hair looked good.”
Pep Guardiola’s side will kick off their pre-season preparations by clashing against Scottish champions Celtic. The sides will go head-to-head on July 23 at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. They will then lock horns against Italian side AC Milan on July 27 at the Yankee Stadium in New York, which will then be followed by a game against Barcelona in the third clash of the US tour at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando on July 30.