“This is not Haaland”

Days ago, after a double against the weak Greuther Furth, bottom of the Bundesliga, Erling Haaland surprised with a return to the unusual Signal Iduna Park. With his teammates already in the dugout, the striker was left greeting all parts of the Borusser stadium. I had marked and it was the last match that Dortmund played with local this year, but some took it as a farewell. Not to 2021, but to the entity. Michael Zorc, black-yellow sports director, in Sky Sports, recognized that lap of honor it was “strange”.

Others understood the gesture as a way to stand out above their peers. After losing to Hertha Berlin (3-2) this weekend, a clash in which our protagonist did not see the goal, a different Haaland could be seen again. In this case, also during the 90 minutes. Angry and complaining throughout the game, after the final whistle he went straight to the locker room and all this caught the attention of the German press. “He did not play in a passionate way. He wanted to provoke and he allowed himself to be provoked. What he showed today I had never seen from him”said Lothar Matthäus in also in Sky Sports.

In the middle german Sport1 they wonder, “Is Haaland’s mood changing?” They analyze whether the attacker’s future is changing his present, souring his behavior, as was seen against Hertha. Matthäus added during the broadcast of the meeting in the capital that “this is not Erling Haaland”. The former midfielder’s phrase came when the 21-year-old faced Niklas Stark, a central rival, when the ball was no longer in play. Are rumors about your future affecting you?

In the eye of the hurricane

Ever since it exploded in Salzburg, Haaland is used to seeing his name every day related to the best teams on the continent. However, in recent times everything seems to have accelerated. At least publicly. His agent, Mino Raiola, met Joan Laporta in Turin for the Golden Boy gala and, after that, from Barcelona the runrún about the Blaugrana interest in summer has been strengthenedThe operation is very complicated economically, but the president of Barça dreams of him being the star of his project.

On the other hand, there is Real Madrid. That the whites yearn for him to become, along with Mbappé, the visible head of the new Santiago Bernabéu is no secret. But it is the first time that someone from the environment borusser verbalizes that interest and was, neither more nor less, Hans-Joachim Watzke, CEO of the entity: “The only thing I know for sure is that Real Madrid is very interested in him. Now I could name another 25. But I know for a fact. It may be that he will go, but it may also be that he will stay. “Raiola also included the whites and the Catalans as examples of groups in which his client could end up. Will so much statement be destabilizing him?