Operation Haaland is in its decisive phase. The Borussia executive, Sebastian Khel, confirmed the news advanced by AS, the ultimatum that Borussia itself has given to the Norwegian player, with whom they want to meet in the next few days so that he definitively decides on his future. In this way, Borussia wants to know his intentions, if he leaves or stays, in order to plan the next season. As this newspaper advanced, the German entity intends that Haaland stay one more campaign in Dortmund, an interest that matches Madrid’s strategy, since it considers that Benzema is still in force and that he has at least this campaign and one more left at the highest level. The ideal for Madrid’s strategy would be to space his arrival a year with that of Mbappé, which would facilitate the fit of both players in the white wage bill that, currently, around 400 million euros for the almost 800 workers in the club.
But for Haaland it is going to be very difficult to last another year in the Bundesliga and the main clubs that want him, including Real Madrid, are rushing to position themselves well for his imminent contract. The white entity clearly starts on pole despite the fact that City is streamlining its efforts, as reported by AS, or that Barcelona also faces the economic challenge of trying to get it to play at the Camp Nou. United, after Solsjkaer’s departure from the bench (even though he was Norwegian, he got along very badly with the striker’s agent, Mino Raiola) is also an option. Even PSG and its economic power are, although the French League does not seduce either the player or his representative so much.
The next few hours will be decisive, therefore, to find out about Haaland’s future, although everything has become even more complicated with the recent admission of his representative, Mino Raiola, to a hospital in Milan, according to what they say from those around him, to carry out some tests with sedation that were already scheduled in advance. Real Madrid is the best positioned to sign Haaland because, first of all, it has the will of the player. The striker wears the white shirt a lot and has very good references from the entity by Odegaard, a friend and teammate. On the other hand, relations between Real Madrid and Borussia are excellent. Florentino Pérez and Hans Joaquim Watzke are great friends and Borussia will give Real Madrid priority over any other offer. The white club had Achraf on loan there for two seasons and now Reinier.
Haaland has a contract with Borussia until the summer of 2024, but according to the information available to this newspaper there is a verbal agreement between Mino Raiola and Hans Joaquim Watzke for Borussia to facilitate his departure in the summer of 2022. According to this information there is no economic clause that sets a price, but there is the intention that it be reasonable (from 75 to 100 million) and to negotiate. Mino Raiola already wanted to get Haaland out of Borussia in the last summer market, but Borussia flatly refused, since they considered that it was more profitable for him to stay to fill the stadium when the public was allowed to return, and also for sports issues. However, they ended up falling in the Champions League in the group stage. However, now it seems that Haaland has made the decision to leave and events rush.