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Fans compare Erling Haaland to Dragon Ball's Evil Buu

This is a comparison collage meme. The main part of the image shows a real photograph of professional soccer player Erling Haaland laughing with his eyes squinted and mouth wide open in a broad grin. An inset circular frame to the lower right contains an image of the Evil Buu (Kid Buu) character from the Dragon Ball anime series, who is making an almost identical facial expression. A red arrow points from Haaland's neck area to the Evil Buu image to highlight the visual similarity. Text at the bottom of the image explicitly states the fan comparison between the two figures.
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FANS COMPARE ERLING HAALAND TO DRAGON BALL'S EVIL BUU

Overview

This is a comparison collage meme. The main part of the image shows a real photograph of professional soccer player Erling Haaland laughing with his eyes squinted and mouth wide open in a broad grin. An inset circular frame to the lower right contains an image of the Evil Buu (Kid Buu) character from the Dragon Ball anime series, who is making an almost identical facial expression. A red arrow points from Haaland's neck area to the Evil Buu image to highlight the visual similarity. Text at the bottom of the image explicitly states the fan comparison between the two figures.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit:Meme subreddit, distributed via RSS feeds. It is an edited collage work combining a public photo of Erling Haaland taken during a soccer event and a screenshot from the Dragon Ball anime series. The watermark 'ANIMEREELS' indicates the account that created or republished this edited meme, which went viral as fans widely agreed on the striking resemblance between Haaland's expression and the Evil Buu character.

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