The elimination of Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Manchester City leaves Haaland (20 years old) in a labyrinth of difficult exit. With his team, in addition, seven points behind the positions that give access to the European Cup in the Bundesliga with six days left, It is almost impossible to play the top competition next season. And this is the key to your problem. Haaland, as this newspaper has learned, wants to play for Real Madrid. But it is very possible that the times will not help him …
According to the different sources consulted by this newspaper, who are perfectly aware of the Norwegian's situation, the player will surely look for a way out this summer if next season he cannot play the Champions League, since he cannot allow himself to be out of focus just when he has to sign the most important contract of your career. This hasty move (his initial idea was to leave Dortmund in the summer of 2022), would distance him from Real Madrid. The white entity had to sign him later (in 2022) at a reasonable price, by virtue of the verbal agreement between Dortmud and the Norwegian's agent, Mino Raiola, which will facilitate his departure at that time. Now, on the contrary, the Madrid is focused on Operation Mbappé, following the roadmap set months ago. It is the great short-term goal.
These latest events, becoming aware that his dream of wearing Real Madrid's white has been complicated, have destabilized Haaland. Hence, in several games held in recent days he has shown, with a showy gestures, his discontent. It is not ruled out that seeing the possibility of Real Madrid far away is also at the origin, also, that Haaland is going through the biggest scoring drought of his short career: there are already seven games without scoring. However, his records are being stratospheric: 33 goals in 35 games played for Dortmund this season, ten of them in the Champions League. In fact, if Mbappé fails to score more than two goals in the semi-finals or a hypothetical final, Haaland will be the top scorer in the competition.
Guardiola's City and Solsjkaer's United.
In the current situation, Manchester City is the best positioned to hire the Norwegian. Barça, almost bankrupt, is ruled out. Guardiola took advantage of the tie in which he left Haaland out of the Champions League to compliment him: “Finding a player of his age, who scores so many goals, is difficult. You can score with the left, the right, on the counter, in the area and with the head. He is a fantastic striker, football improves in his boots ”.
Even United manager Solsjkaer, the Norwegian's other great suitor in the Premier League, fears losing him to City. “United are crazy to sign a striker, and Haaland is the perfect option,” said the legendary Scholes recently. If City have in their favor that Haaland's father played there in the past, United are relying on the persuasive power that Norwegian coach Solsjkaer can have with his young compatriot.
At this point it also seems clear that the best option for Madrid is for Haaland to decide to stay one more year at Dortmund. He could sign him for a lower price than the market in the summer of 2022, after having completed the incorporation of Mbappé in 2021. It would be an idyllic future situation for Florentino, who would have the two figures of the moment together in the team to play in the recently remodeled Bernabéu and start a new galactic era. His friendship with Hans Joaquim Watzke, CEO of Borussia, favors that plan. The only problem is that not playing the Champions League can fatally precipitate the departure of the striker this summer. Haaland is in a maze.