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Manchester United Reportedly Step Up Scouting of Molde Wonderkid Erling Haaland

Manchester United scouts are reportedly monitoring the progress of 17-year-old Molde striker Erling Haaland, the son of former Manchester City and Leeds United midfielder Alf Inge Haaland.

United scouts were in attendance for the second successive Molde match on Sunday as they defeated Norwegian rivals Valerenga 5-1, with Erling scoring two and setting up another, per the Mirror's Liam Prenderville.

Haaland's father had a feud with former United general Roy Keane. After suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury against Alf Inge's Leeds United in September 1997, Keane came back to seriously hurt the Norwegian's knee in April 2001 when he was at City, after which Alf Inge never played a full match again.