Bundesliga: Why neither Atlético nor Barça (nor other greats from Europe) tried to sign Haaland? | Bundesliga 2019

The forward sensation of the season, 19, was signed by Dortmund in the winter market. Take 7 goals in 135 minutes with the German team

In his first match with Borussia Dortmund, Erling Braut Haaland He scored three goals in 34 minutes. In the second, two in 25. And this Saturday, in his opening as a starter, he went to the bench in the 75th minute with two other goals and a penalty. Total, seven goals in 135 minutes, one every 19 minutes. And the most amazing of all is its 100% effectiveness, because it has only put together seven shots in these three duels.

At 19, this Norwegian born in Leeds – his father, Alf-Inge, was a Premier footballer – is the sensation of Europe and Dortmund receives praise for having done with his services for only 20 million euros. But this story has a trap and the signature of the controversial representative Mino Raiola -Pogba, Ibrahimovic, Lukaku, Balotelli, De Ligt …- at the bottom of the page.

Haaland's is an atypical race for which there are two possible explanations, perfectly compatible with each other. It can be a sports bet to burn stages little by little and / or a strategy for the father and the player's representative to take the greatest possible cut in the path of the boy to the elite.

A year ago, after breaking into the Norwegian league as a teenager, Juventus bid for his signing. There was a beginning of agreement, but Haaland finally opted and by surprise for Salzburg. «It was too early to go to a club like Juventus. For me the role I was going to play in the team was decisive and in Salzburg there are more options to be an important player, ”the boy argued. Impeccable.

The no to Juventus

What he did not say is that Salzburg accepted a series of conditions that Juventus would never have allowed. The Austrian club paid 8 million euros to Molde and a commission never revealed to his father and Raiola. In addition, it accepted a clause of increasing termination: until this January market it was 20 million euros and then went to 80.

After scoring eight goals in the group stage of the Champions League, the offers began to accumulate on Raiola's table. 20 kilos seemed like a ridiculous amount for any major in Europe for a 19-year-old forward with such potential. Why has it ended then in Dortmund, a club of the second level of the European elite? Because there were 20 million, but many more.

As reported ESPN Y Tuttosport the auction made by Raiola included a commission of 15 million euros for him, 10 for the father of the player, a percentage of a future sale for both and a salary of 8 million net for the player. Demands that dissipated the interest of clubs like Atlético and Barcelona, ​​despite the need for both goals, or Juventus and Manchester United. In addition, Dortmund has accepted an 80 million termination clause that will be a bargain at this stage in a short time. Meanwhile, at the Signal Iduna Park they enjoy an imperial striker and Raiola thoroughly prepares the following auction.