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To be fair, he chose to represent Norway, he could have chosen England. So while a disadvantage, it’s a somewhat self imposed one. His real disadvantage is that the team he could have chosen, England, already has one of the world’s best strikers, Eddie Nketiah. Just kidding. But that’s why a lot of African nations get their players poached by European nations like France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and Switzerland, thus hamstringing their competitiveness. They’d rather be on teams for the fast track to success, than hampered because they’re one of maybe 2-3 good players,at that given time, on a mediocre team, like Norway.

Haaland’s part of a national team that just failed to qualify ahead of Scotland. Norway not making the euros is partly his fault, missing clear chances in games, and apart from a penalty against Scotland he was invisible

If he cared enough about international trophies he'd switch his national team to England.

True but that becomes less relevant in seasons without a big national tournament. It's still logical that the world cup weights more than anything else.