Erling Haaland has gifted a rare 16th-century book of Viking sagas to the library in Bryne, the Norwegian town where he grew up.The Manchester City striker and his father bought the volume last December and have now placed it on public display.The book is a 1594 printed edition of writings by medieval historian Snorri Sturluson and is believed to be the only surviving copy. Haaland and his...

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has given a rare 16th-century collection of Viking sagas to the public library in Bryne, the town where he grew up.Haaland and his father bought the 1594 printed edition of Snorri Sturluson’s work in December for 1.3 million Norwegian kroner (about £100,000), a sum that set a new record for a book sale in Norway.The volume, believed to be the only...