World Cup 2026: David Yarrow explains viral Norway World Cup Viking photoshoot

Realising his imaginative and prescient for picture, although, was not so straight-forward.

Yarrow needed to navigate the packed schedule of Norway captain and Premier League champion Martin Odegaard – who was in Budapest with Arsenal for the Champions League closing on the day of the squad shoot.

After the parade had left north London, Odegaard joined Yarrow for a solo shoot, and the cloudy circumstances matched these of the unique shoot – that means his determine might be added in with out an excessive amount of fuss.

But it was essential to Yarrow that Odegaard and his title rival Haaland didn’t steal the present.

“The one thing that was important about that picture is if, in the Norwegian squad, you’ve got someone that’s worth £200m and then you’ve got Watford’s goalkeeper [Egil Selvik] that’s worth £250,000, the third-in-line goalie – that they both occupy the same amount of the frame,” Yarrow instructed BBC Sport.

“That’s essential for me.

“That is was not seen to be Haaland and Odegaard and 24 others – it was vital to foster a way of workforce.”

Yarrow was a guest of Norway as the side beat Sweden 3-1 in a warm-up friendly on Monday, with goals by Jorgen Strand Larsen and Antonio Nusa.

He was struck by the breadth of talent in the Norway team.

“People suppose it is a workforce of two folks and it is so not,” said Yarrow, who was born in Glasgow.

“It’s a significantly good soccer workforce, from their wingers to their backs, and I believe they’re going to go fairly far within the match.

“But, like Scotland – they’ve got to win their first game.”