Haaland yes; Haland No. A debate that, after the Classic, is already another. Because the bleeding of Barcelona at the Bernabéu, beyond causing injuries and raising blisters, has also uncovered what was already known, but now it is evident: after Benzema… There is an abyss. If the French is not there, Madrid is another. because the confidence of Carletto on Jovic and Mariano is so scarce -if not null-, that last Sunday it came to bet on an experiment such as Modric of false nine; and it went wrong, very wrong. The innovation exercise ended in harakiri.
And he showed that Madrid needs a center forward this summer. He confirmed, in the eyes of Florentino, that we have to go up a gear through Haaland. Because Benzema He will continue, but in December he will turn 35 and injuries, at that age, appear more than he would like. Logical. “He is 34 years old and this could happen…”, Ancelotti even said in the press conference prior to the Clásico. Nothing can be blamed on the French; ‘he is doing enough’, some voices will say. But Madrid’s plan underwent a 45º turn on Sunday. Not revolutionary, but remarkable. Since the palpable need to bring a replacement of guarantees for Karim evolved into urgency.
And there it appears, again, Haaland, to which Madrid wanted to bring not this market, but the next. But that Desiderátum it is beginning to be tinged with utopia. According to the environment of the Norwegian, the bid is reduced -at this point- to a fight between City and Real Madrid. A fight of giants that one must win. The English want him as a star and practically offer him a project around him, even offering Gabriel Jesús as a replacement in some offers. The Madridfor his part poses his arrival in a double blow Mbappé-Haaland. A Galactic operation that would split European football.
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The conditions of the Norwegian fit perfectly in the white project. With two bullets on the sides like Kylian and vinicius, he would provide the gunpowder inside the area. He has shown that he has plenty of sense of smell and, beyond the goal guarantee, he would also provide versatility. Because if with Benzema there would be a mobility striker, with Erling, a pure reference. A giant that can be served from balloons into space (despite measuring 1.94 meters, goes over speed), as air. With the Norwegian, Madrid would sharpen its already sharp claws.
Florentino took note
And it is that, as reported by Cadena SER, the president witnessed last Sunday with a painful test that the team cannot survive with Benzema alone. And he assumed that what he plays now is to “tighten more” the pulse. “Florentino has realized that Real Madrid cannot go to the best fields in the world without a striker when Benzema is not there. He has realized it and Real Madrid is going to press harder for Haaland”was explained. El Clásico has confirmed that the Norwegian is needed. And a lot.