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According to Simon Mullock of Mirror, Manchester City is still ‘desperate‘to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland this summer, despite a recent statement from Pep Guardiola revealing that the club will not pay the staggering transfer fee associated with the forward.
The club is reportedly prepared to use the sale clause inserted in Jadon Sancho’s contract with Borussia Dortmund, as £ 15 million. ‘exchange currency‘in any bidding war with players like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United for the Norwegian striker.
According to the report, the Etihad club is so ‘determined‘to sign Erling Haaland this summer that a club source has revealed that they are “not actively pursuing“Lionel Messi more.
Thus focusing his efforts this summer on signing Haaland, whose recent record for goals has risen to the top of the shopping list of the richest clubs in Europe.
According to the Mirror report, Manchester City will strive not to go against its rigid salary structure.
Recent reports have stated that Erling Haaland’s influential agent Mino Raiola could be demanding more than £ 600,000 a week from any club wanting to sign the 20-year-old.
If accepted, that salary would make Erling Haaland Manchester City’s highest paid player by one mile, nearly doubling the current highest earnings of Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Agüero, who are believed to currently earn roughly £ 300,000 per week.
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