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Erling Haaland representatives have visited Barcelona and Madrid to talk.
Agent Mino Raiola and Alf Inge, father of Borussia Dortmund forward Haaland, initially landed in Barcelona ahead of a meeting with Joan Laporta, who was elected Barça president last month.
Raiola and Alf Inge Haaland then flew to the Spanish capital to continue talking with Real Madrid, according to Sky Italy reporter Fabrizio Romano.
Romano tweeted: “Mino Raiola will meet with Real Madrid after Barcelona and the plan for Haaland is very clear: talk to the five big interested clubs, their projects, proposals and then decide the future. It will be a long race.”
The talks increase speculation about Haaland’s future, although it is unclear how Barcelona would finance a deal with the club struggling with massive debt, caused in large part by the coronavirus pandemic.
Haaland, 20, is under contract at Dortmund until 2024, but has a release clause of € 75 million (£ 66 million), which will take effect in the summer of 2022.
A host of major clubs have been linked to a move for the Norwegian, including Manchester City.
Haaland has become one of the biggest names in Europe after scoring 48 goals in his first 48 games for the Bundesliga team, after joining Red Bull Salzburg for just £ 17 million at the end of 2019.
Could Barcelona afford the Haaland deal?
The Spanish soccer expert Álvaro Montero:
“Mino Raiola and Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge, arrived at Barcelona’s El Prat airport at 9:30 in the morning and were picked up by Joan Laporta’s driver and took them to the Camp Nou in the car. They were there for a meeting for Two hours with Laporta The club has recognized this meeting as a first contact and a rapprochement.
“Two hours later, they returned to the airport and, at 12:30 pm, they returned to Nice. It’s a good question. [whether Barcelona can afford Haaland], because it must be remembered that in the next two months until June, they have to pay 730 million euros for a huge debt that they have of more than one billion euros.
“They presented an audit a few days ago that recognized that they would have losses of 350 million euros for this season. Next season, they will remain in the red for certain. Counting on keeping Lionel Messi while signing a huge player like Kylian Mbappé or Haaland They may have green numbers, but not until the 2022/23 season. “
A transfer roulette game …
Sky Sports News’ Dharmesh Sheth Analysis:
“The games have started.
“A few months before the transfer window opens and we are talking about Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, and dare I say it, sorry Tottenham fans, but we are also talking about Harry Kane.
“Let’s go back to January 2020, Borussia Dortmund paid RB Salzburg £ 20 million for Erling Haaland and Dortmund’s strategy and intention when they bought him was to keep him at the club until the summer of 2022 at least.
“Why the summer of 2022? That’s when Haaland’s release clause takes effect and his release clause is believed to be around £ 70 million, but there are some reports suggesting it could be closer to £ 100 millions of pounds, potentially.
“I know Dortmund thought Haaland was good, but I don’t know if they thought it was going to be that good. It’s a goal, a scoring machine. As a result, almost all the big clubs in Europe want Erling Haaland to play.” He is the most wanted striker alongside Mbappé and potentially Kane as well.
“What this all means is that this summer Borussia Dortmund can ask what they want for Haaland and the number that is being sold at the moment is around 150 million euros. That’s around £ 130 million.
“However, the feeling I get from Germany and our Sky colleagues in Germany is that Haaland’s stay for another year, until the summer of 2022, seems to be more valuable to Borussia Dortmund than a possible transfer fee increase. because there could be a big discrepancy between what they can get this summer and what they can get next. “
‘Haaland’s transfer could be affected by Sancho’s move’
Sheth added: “Add to that, there is another problem. His name is Jadon Sancho. The smart money in Germany is that Sancho will be the one to leave Dortmund this summer.”
“From Borussia Dortmund’s perspective, I think it is unthinkable, but it cannot be ruled out, that Haaland and Sancho left in the same transfer window.
“Now all of this represents an enigma for Dortmund because if they decide to stay with Haaland this summer, yes they have him another season, but they also lose tens of millions of pounds in a transfer fee because they will be forced to sell him for 70 million pounds. , which is their release clause next summer, while now they can get what they want for him.
“If they decide to stay with Sancho this summer, at this time next year, he will enter the final year of his contract. So the 108 million pounds that they traded to Manchester United last summer, they just won’t be able to ask for it.” that figure for him next time.
“Another factor, Dortmund are four points behind the top four in Germany. Qualifying for the Champions League is huge for them and they don’t qualify for the competition next season, what is Haaland thinking? What is Sancho thinking ? What will Dortmund be? ” thinking?
“Will they have to cash in? Will Haaland and Sancho say to themselves, we have to shake for a move because we want to play the Champions League?”
Who wants Haaland?
Sheth said: “I see this as a transfer roulette at the moment. Who wants to sign Erling Haaland? Who doesn’t? Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich. Everyone. They are in favor of him and they would all be interested in signing him.
“The next question is who can afford it? The number of suits decreases. Then roulette comes into play this summer. Is a club willing to enter the market and pay more than 130 million pounds to take out everyone else? of the water?” because if they don’t, in the summer of 2022 they know there is a buyout clause and then you will have seven or eight of the biggest clubs in Europe vying for the signature of Erling Haaland.
“The games have started and I think we will be talking about Haaland for the next two or three months, during this transfer period and until the deadline, but one thing to keep in mind here is that Borussia Dortmund are very stubborn.
“Remember what they did with Jadon Sancho. They wanted £ 108 million by a certain date and if it doesn’t happen they won’t sell it, and they kept their word. What they have said here is that it is our intention to keep Haaland until the summer of 2022, but money talks. 150 million euros could be the money that talks. “
Could Haaland head to England?
On the Pitch to Post podcast, Jasper Taylor joined Sky Sports News’s Dharmesh Sheth and skysports.com’s Gerard Brand to discuss options and the likelihood of Haaland leaving in the coming months.
The Raiola factor
Dharmesh Sheth on the Pitch to Post podcast:
“Manchester City would be an interesting move. Reports earlier this month were that the cold relationship between Raiola and Pep Guardiola would not prevent a deal from being finalized. The relationship soured in 2010 when Raiola objected to Guardiola’s way I was dealing. ” one of his clients, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while in Barcelona.
“Raiola described Guardiola as a ‘coward’, ‘a dog’ and a ‘zero person’, but those hostilities apparently will not prevent an agreement from being reached.
“But we are talking about Manchester City and Raiola, but we must remember that Manchester United have Paul Pogba, another Raiola client, on their squad. Raiola has already spoken in the past that Pogba wanted to leave, as we know. I don’t think what He said earlier it would have gone too well with Manchester United. “
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Where does he fit in?
Gerard Brand on the Pitch to Post podcast:
“Where does it fit in? The answer is simple: it fits anywhere. We talk a lot about potentials and wonderful children, and there is a lot of potential bought and sold every summer for £ 50 million, £ 60 million, that’s what you pay for potential these days. , but I think this is a player who comes every five or six years, and you do everything you can to sign him.
“It’s hard to say who would be in pole position for this. Yes, Manchester city they are on the run with the league and often without a suitable striker, and Pep said earlier this month that City are not a team with a 20-goal striker, because goals come from everywhere. But I don’t see that Pep continues like this and I think he will want a forward.
“It also fits very well at the end of the road in United manchester because they’ve played a similar center forward in Edinson Cavani this season and have seen a benefit at times. Of course, it won’t be there in the long run.
“At first sight Chelsea, you’d think, ‘Where does he fit in?’ in between all that attacking quality, but Timo Werner could actually operate more as a second striker or from the left, plus Giroud is to be expected to go away and I’m not sure Tammy Abraham can keep Erling Haaland off the side .
“Then there is Liverpool. They haven’t been shy about spending in the past, they spent £ 150 million on a defender and a goalkeeper on Van Dijk and Alisson, and I’m not sure we realize how big Jurgen Klopp’s name is in Dortmund. , and how that could have an impact. “
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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