Norway’s striker, Erling Haaland returned home after his team lost to England in the quarter-finals on Sunday. He exited the plane at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on Monday in style, carrying a $750 taxidermy raccoon in one hand and a Dolce & Gabbana tote bag in the other.
“It followed me home,” he joked of the raccoon in the caption of his X post on Monday.
The business has jumped on the Haaland hype train, posting a picture of him on its website’s homepage wearing a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, and a shirt that reads: “Y’all can kiss my Dallas.”
“As a family-owned business, moments like these mean the world to us,” the store wrote in an Instagram post on July 5. “Thank you for stopping by and spending time with our team. The raccoon, mounted on a wooden board and holding a whiskey bottle, is sold out on Wild Bill’s storefront, with the notice “inventory on the way.”
The shop has also started international shipping since Haaland’s visit, after it was flooded with comments from Norwegians and other foreigners interested in its products.
Whereas, in the other part of America, over 500 newborn babies in Peru have been named after Erling Haaland. 468 with the name Haaland and 91 with the full name Erling Haaland.
The 25-year-old Manchester City player, known for his blonde man bun, funny facial expressions, fashion sense and goal-scoring prowess has taken over the internet with memes and songs.
