Marc Cucurella says Erling Haaland took his track ‘a little bit personally’ and the lyrics have been taken ‘out of context’ by the Manchester Metropolis striker.
The Chelsea man was one of many shock stars of Euro 2024 earlier this summer season and a track devoted to the defender started rising in reputation in Spain as Luis de la Fuente’s males progressed additional within the event.
Within the aftermath of La Roja’s victory over England within the European Championship last, Cucurella was himself filmed belting out the lyrics, first on the workforce lodge and once more in the course of the squad’s celebrations on their return dwelling to Madrid.
‘Cucu, Cucurella, he eats paella, Cucu, Cucurella he drinks Estrella, Haaland you’d higher tremble as Cucurella is coming,’ the Chelsea full-back sang to nice cheers from his team-mates.
However maybe unsurprisingly, Haaland appeared lower than impressed when requested about Cucurella’s antics within the wake of Metropolis’s 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge final month.
‘It was an fascinating track, that, from that man [Cucurella],’ Haaland informed the BBC’s Match of the Day programme.
‘There’s not that a lot to say. I don’t actually take into consideration that. He can do what he desires.
‘Final yr he requested me for my jersey, after which he begins singing about me.’
Whereas Cucurella’s track backfired considerably at Stamford Bridge, with Haaland evading his advances to attain Metropolis’s opening aim, he’s adamant he would sing it once more.
‘A variety of consideration was given to that and these items occur,’ Cucurella informed EFE forward of Spain’s Nations League opener with Serbia.
‘I’m very comfortable and I believe that if somebody has a track sung together with his title it’s as a result of he’s a prime participant or a world star, the title of a participant who isn’t identified wouldn’t be used.
‘Everyone seems to be comfortable as a result of he scored and I’m nonetheless simply as comfortable to win the Euros. I’d do it once more, these items occur and that’s all.’
In line with Cucurella, Cole Palmer spoke with Haaland concerning the track at an awards ceremony and there’s no problem to talk of between himself and the Norwegian.
‘Ultimately, in England they took it a little bit out of context and I don’t assume he understood it both,’ he added.
‘He learn what they stated and took it a little bit personally.
‘These days individuals take issues very personally, however then they’d some awards and my colleague Palmer requested him about me and that was it. It was simply an anecdote.’
Cucurella suggests the media tried to fire up controversy by asking Haaland concerning the track following Metropolis’s victory over Chelsea.
‘In addition they requested him the query on function after profitable the match to create controversy,’ he continued.
‘That’s all, it doesn’t have an effect on me in any respect, everybody does their factor, he’s scoring objectives and we’re profitable the Euros.
‘Everybody has their very own life and I’m very comfortable that issues are going properly for him as a result of he’s a terrific participant and I’m doing my factor.’
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