transfer markt, a reference website for the footballer stock market, leaves Barcelona out of the game in terms of possibilities of being able to sign Erling Haaland (21 years old). This website published a stories in your profile Instagram, in which under the headline: “If you were Halaand, what contract would you sign?”, and in which six managers appeared plus Mohamed Bin Salman, owner of Newcastle United, from seven different clubs. All of them appear with a kind of contract and a series of proposals (each according to the possibilities of each entity: Newcastle, for example, is set to be paid 90 million per season; Madrid is given a termination clause of 1,000 million euros…) so that the Norwegian striker decides on one of them. Well, the coaches that appear are Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Guardiola (Manchester City), Nagelsmann (Bayern), Pochettino (PSG), Tuchel (Chelsea) and Rose (Borussia Dortmund, his current coach). No trace of Barcelona or, for example, any Italian team…
It is striking that Barcelona, one of the greats in Europe, does not appear on this list. Its president, Joan Laporta, is one of the most fervent admirers of the Nordic striker and wants to make him the new flagship of the Barça team. Furthermore, his close relationship with his agent, Mino Raiola, makes you start with a certain advantage over the rest. But his economic situation separates him for the moment from being able to carry out those high-ranking signings…
Transfermarkt, curiously, places Madrid at the top of the list. His ‘offer’ consists of offering the Nordic a five-year contract, with a salary of 50 million per season, and with the possibility of becoming a new galactic. Of course, together with Borussia, his current team, he is the only entity to which they place a release clause: 1,000 million. The clause of his current team is alone of 150 million, while they only offer him 17 million for each of the two seasons they offer him. Striking are the suggestions that they offer him if he signs for Manchester City: be trained by Pep Guardiola, or if he signs for PSG (‘Play with Messi’). If it is to win titles, the best option is Bayern. Chelsea’s option is considering joining the current champions of the Champions League. Anything goes to get the services of one of the best attackers in the world… least for Barcelona, which is not even a potential candidate to take over Haaland, according to Transfermarkt…