Haaland unleashes a new war between Real Madrid and PSG

With the soap opera for Mbappé (22 years old) almost resolved, the Frenchman decided as he is to sign for Madrid in January as a free agent, the next big name in the market is Haaland and a new fight is coming between the white entity and PSG, this time for the Norwegian. According to the information available to this newspaper, the agents of Haaland (21) and Lewandowski (33) were respectively surveyed by PSG itself in the last summer market regarding the possibility of selling to Mbappé. Neither Bayern wanted to release Lewandowski nor Borussia to Haaland, and this pushed the emir of Doha to not even want to negotiate for Mbappé with Madrid, who came to make a first offer of 160 million, another of 170 plus 10 in variables and a last of 200.

Next summer, however, the two forwards, Haaland and Lewandowski, will be on the market for sure. And already with Mbappé in Madrid (if the player remains firm in his idea), the next step on the roadmap of the white entity is to sign Haaland. Exactly the same as it happens at PSG (“if Mbappé leaves his squad”, a source familiar with the situation tells AS). Therefore, for next summer there is a tough battle for the Norwegian, and the consolation, yes, that Lewandowski will also be on the market as a second option (the German will then have a year of contract at Bayern and will ask to go out to look for new challenges).

After Mbappé, Haaland is the other great footballer who is called to occupy the throne that Messi and Cristiano will soon leave vacant. In the case of Madrid, the Norwegian is, after Mbappé, the next strategic step that he wants to take to complete that change in the galactic cycle in which the team will already be playing in the new Bernabéu and for which the entity's income has to be shoot again. His representative, Mino Raiola, wanted Haaland to have signed for a great this summer to avoid the risk of injury before that great movement that is coming, but Borussia always had clear that they wanted the Norwegian in their squad one more season, since it is certain that it needs its star to bring the public back to its stadium after the pandemic, one of its main sources of income (it is the fiefdom with the highest average attendance in Europe, more than 80,000 spectators per game).

The past counts.

Raiola brought Haaland to Borussia from Salzburg at a very advantageous price. The Germans only paid 20 million euros (plus another 24 in commissions, 10 for the footballer's father and 14 for Raiola). In exchange, the superagent reached a verbal agreement with the Borusser CEO, Hans-Joaquim Watzke, to facilitate the departure of the forward in the summer of 2022. Although several information have appeared that place that starting price between 75 and 100 million, sources from the Borussia themselves assure AS that there is nothing signed. So there will be a strong bid for the footballer, but also the commitment that his desire to go out in the summer will be respected.

If a few months ago Madrid were the best positioned club to hire Haaland, given the good harmony between Florentino Pérez and Hans-Joaquim Watzke (which facilitated the transfers of Achraf and Reinier in the past) and the desire that Raiola had After starting to work with Madrid, now the forces between the white entity and PSG have been equalized. Will count a lot next summer again, the economic power of Doha, but also that now Raiola is very well positioned as a reference agent in PSG, to whom he has taken Donnarumma at zero cost, in which he has Verratti and to whom it seems that he is also going to take Pogba free. The player wants to wear white, but Raiola always exerts a great influence on his footballers, who see him as a father.

These same sources familiar with the PSG situation indicate to AS that this duel between Madrid and Paris to sign Haaland will not occur only if the Qatari-owned entity manages to convince Mbappé to renew in these four months until January. In that case, he would see his great trident resolved (Mbappé-Neymar-Messi) and Madrid would have an easier time signing the Norwegian, whom he would look like as the only great reference. United already have Cristiano, Chelsea have Lukaku and it seems that City continues to think more about Kane. A great battle is coming for Haaland …