With more actors knocking on the door, the club will not make things easier for the signing of Erling Haaland
Borussia Dortmund’s board of directors sets a sale price for striker Erling Haaland with several clubs interested in acquiring the Norwegian at the Summer Market. The Bavarian club, sources told ESPN, will part with the Norwegian, one of the most sought after players in world football, in exchange for 180 million euros (212 million dollars).
Haaland quickly established himself as a Bundesliga star, scoring 49 goals in the same number of games. after his arrival from FC Salzburg in January 2020. He has scored 32 goals in 31 matches this season, including 10 goals in six Champions League matches, and his agent, Mino Raiola, said 10 clubs are fit to sign.
Last year he moved to Dortmund amid strong interest from Manchester Unitedbut the Bundesliga team managed to reach an agreement after agreeing to include a termination clause in the contract. This clause lasts until the summer of 2022. Clubs can sign Haaland this summer, but the 180 million euros Dortmund is asking for is a bonus for his loss before the clause takes effect next year.
Dortmund underlined their position towards their stars last summer, when United tried to negotiate a lower price for the England international. Jadon Sancho. The Premier League team tried to persuade BVB to sell Sancho for less than 120 million euros, but Dortmund refused to negotiate.
The same position will be taken by the Dortmund council for Haaland this summer, sources told ESPN, in a move designed to warn heavy Europeans not to bid. United, the city of Manchester, Chelsea, real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich They have a different level of interest for the Norwegian international, but in a transfer market affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Dortmund hopes that their valuation of 180 million euros will keep Haaland at the club for another year.
Sources told ESPN that Chelsea leaders thought they could tempt Dortmund to reach a deal this summer., but this happened before the Bundesliga’s position on Haaland was clarified. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has long been an admirer of the 20-year-old, but the club’s latest financial records show that revenues have fallen by 7% and earnings have fallen by 7%, with Solskjaer acknowledging that the club must be “realistic” about transfers.
In turn, the new president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, wants to make Haaland the cornerstone of his second term at the club., but with Barça’s debt of 1,100 million euros, a move of 180 million euros seems very difficult.
LaLiga president Javier Tebas said a “magic trick” would be needed for Barça or Real Madrid to sign Haaland, given the amounts involved., and sources told ESPN that Manchester City is surprised by the optimistic reports from Spain about the hope of the two teams to sign him, because I think they are in a stronger position to score him.
Dortmund are battling in the Bundesliga this season, despite Haaland’s brilliance, with the club in a fight for qualification to the Champions League. next season under interim coach Edin Terzic. BVB is four points behind Eintracht Frankfurt, and the meeting between the two teams at the Westfalenstadion on April 3 will go a long way in determining who will take part in the most important club tournament in Europe.