Erling Haaland and girlfriend party with Anthony Joshua at glitzy New Year bash

01 January 2024 , 16:06

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Erling Haaland and girlfriend party with Anthony Joshua at glitzy New Year bash

Erling Haaland enjoyed a well-earned New Year's Eve party in Dubai after the Manchester City striker's record-breaking 2023.

Haaland, 23, flew out to the United Arab Emirates after City's 2-0 win against Sheffield United at the Etihad on Saturday. The Norway striker wasn't involved in the Premier League clash due to a foot injury which has already caused him to miss six games.

Haaland was spotted partying with his girlfriend Isabel Haugseng Johansen, as well as heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua and Derek Chisora, at the exclusive event in Dubai. It was hosted by Umar Kamani - the founder of fashion brand Pretty Little Thing.

Haaland is friends with Kamani and spent time in his Dubai mansion while the World Cup took place in Qatar last year. The striker didn't play in the tournament but was arguably the best player in Europe last season, scoring 52 goals in 53 games for City.

A remarkable 36 of those goals came in the Premier League, the most ever scored in a term. City won the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup - becoming just the second team after Manchester United in 1999 to achieve that feat in the same season.

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"He feels better with his bone, but he hasn't had one training session with us," Pep Guardiola said on Haaland. "Unfortunately, December is so congested with so many games. January is a bit less congested. Hopefully, in January, he can come back with us."

Erling Haaland was spotted at a party in Dubai with Anthony Joshua (Instagram/@liamf_sig)

Haaland's partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen was also at the party

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Joshua is also earning a well-earned break after securing a third successive victory just before Christmas. The former unified world champion got his career back on track in 2023 by beating Jermaine Franklin, Robert Helenius and Otto Wallin.

Joshua's next opponent was expected to be Deontay Wilder, but that fight is in now in doubt after the Bronze Bomber lost to Joseph Parker on the same card as AJ's Wallin fight. "We had signed the Wilder contract," explained Eddie Hearn after the fight.

Joshua's promoter added: "If anyone was going to beat him, I was pleased it was Joe. He (Wilder) looked terribly out of sorts. I didn't really give him a round. Even when the referee was reading the decision, he was raising his hands as if he might get the decision!

"It was a strange performance, but we can only take care of what we do and obviously Anthony tonight put in a performance to put the heavyweight division on notice."

Tom Blow