Fjörtoft: “Everything is between Manchester City and Madrid”

Laporta cooled the Haaland operation in a Barça key and now Jan-Aage Fjörtoft does it, former Norwegian player very close to the Haaland family. Moreover, many consider him a kind of spokesman. The now analyst, commentator and presenter takes the Catalans out of the equation and highlights his great rival in the race to sign the cyborg from Borussia Dortmund: “I have the feeling that Real Madrid is ahead of Barcelona.” This is how clear Fjörtoft showed himself in a brief talk with ESPN.

Of course, he did not leave the whites alone at the head of the pack, since, as he explained, they share pole position with “Manchester City”. “There is a free seat, as they would say in Formula 1, and it would fit there very well.“, he exposed regarding his potential landing at the Etihad. Curiously, Guardiolain the run-up to his match against United, placed the Skyblue in the search for a ‘9’ publicly, after failing his bid for Kane last summer. “We need a striker. I think the club is going to try.”said.

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Fjörtoft also put the ball in the player’s court: “What I know is that the process they are in now depends on many details. In the end, Erling will have to make a decision.” And he insisted: “Everything is between two clubs and I think they are Real Madrid and Manchester City. I think the Barcelona thing is more like propaganda. Maybe it will happen in the end, but, at the moment, it is between two countries and two clubs.”

Likewise, he took the floor again, this time through his personal Twitter account, where he wanted to reflect a feeling similar to that shared in ESPN: “Do not underestimate the detailed work that the Haaland team is doing to find out where Erling Haaland will play next year. Whether he leaves Dortmund depends on facts, not feelings. Spain and England, most likely, with the usual suspects leading the way. However, I don’t compose the propaganda of some clubs.”.

In this way, the possibility that Haaland becomes Laporta’s bell signing in the summer loses strength. “I deny that there was any kind of negotiation for Haaland. No meeting, no conversation. Nothing.” Those were the words used by the Barça president in this regard. A statement that surprised, not because of its substance, but because of its categorical form. We enter crucial months in one of the great soap operas of recent years and Fjörtoft only fuels the fire even more.