Haaland, between the portfolio and the race

Erling Haaland, at 21, is facing the great challenge of his brilliant professional career. You must choose between portfolio and career. The bid that has been opened to sign the Norwegian giant, capable of scoring 29 goals in 27 games with Salzburg, 68 in 67 games with Borussia Dortmund and 12 in 15 appearances with Norway. An outrage that ventures that he is chosen to be the great scorer of the next decade.

Is clear Real Madrid, one of his great suitors and a club in which he knows that it is easier to achieve his sporting goals. The problem is that Florentino will never be able to put on the table the contract that PSG or City itself guarantees, which will join the multimillion-dollar bid next summer in which Mino Raiola and the player's father appear in the box of the operation rubbing their hands by the river of gold that awaits them. Haaland ponders his decision, although in June he made statements that reflect his maturity despite his youth.

“I have taken a couple of steps in the last few years and I think they have been good for me personally to get out of my comfort zone and develop even more. I want to challenge myself in everything I do. That is something I think about. And I think it's something that happens to everyone. People can sometimes feel too comfortable staying in their 'zone', so I think it's important to get out of there. ” Your comfort zone is now choosing a galactic contract that satisfies the exorbitant financial demands of Raiola (Madrid will never pay him the 50 million euros a year that he has asked PSG) or be brave, challenge the influence of your agent and your father, evaluate your sporting aspirations and tell Madrid that you want to grow along with stars like Mbappé, Benzema, Vinicius, Modric, Kroos or Alaba, without forgetting young people like him, who are breaking it, as is the case with Fede Valverde, Camavinga or Rodrygo.

Madrid, however, cannot reach the figures that PSG would put on the table in almost any scenario because the white wage policy is completely different from the one used in the Parisian club, where they seem to have no limits. Mbappé is offered a salary slightly higher than that charged in Paris (€ 22M) and the entity looks closely at the savings that the salaries of Bale, Marcelo and Isco will leave next summer.

The equation is simple and Haaland has seven months to decide. You must choose between portfolio or career. All of Europe awaits you …