Halaand, a signing with risks

Before undertaking any large investment, a company is forced to make a risk-benefit balance to evaluate all the determining factors that affect the operation. The signing of Erling Haaland (21 years old), which cost Manchester City more than 60 million euros, is one of these movements, and therefore, has been subject to such evaluation, although not all clubs drew the same conclusions. .

As reported ESPN, Chelsea scouts showed their reservations towards the signing because they had doubts whether Haaland’s game would suit the Premier League. A competition that, compared to the Bundesligait leaves fewer gaps for forwards to run and attack into space.

Not only in Stamford Bridge voices were heard against the signing, also in Barcelona They were concerned about the character of Haaland, according to the same information. While at Real Madrid, the striker’s injury history in the last year aroused misgivings, as reported by Diario AS.

That’s the way it is, City was the one that ended up taking over Haaland. Pep Guardiola’s team is the one that has bet most strongly on the valuable Norwegian player, whom they have followed since his debut with Bryne in 2016. Since then, his price has skyrocketed, and again according to ESPN, at the Etihad Stadium they believe that his current market value could exceed 200 million euros.

A very profitable move for the City if you take into account that they ended up paying around 60 million euros (not including commissions to intermediaries, which would increase the cost of the transfer to 90 million) and that it shows, once again, the influence of the risk-benefit balance , less favorable for the Chelseathe Barcelona and the Real Madrid.