Erling Haaland is the dream for the next season. Barça need a striker like the 21-year-old Norwegian from Borussia Dortmund because of his undeniable quality, his extraordinary physique and his enormous potential. It is also essential because his arrival would allow the club to regain that world iconic figure that every great club needs to maintain its place in the foreground, with the economic impact at the markéting level that it would entail. But, despite the chemistry that exists between the club president, Joan Laporta, and your agent, Mino Raiola, it is clear that it is an economically complex and expensive operation. And the Barça club, regardless of whether it signs in this winter market to Alvaro Morata, shuffle other alternatives in case it fails Haaland, one of them very serious. Is about Dusan Vlahovic, 21-year-old Serbian center forward from Fiorentina.
Haaland He has a contract in force with Borussia Dortmund until June 30, 2024. Although, according to various information, the Norwegian could activate an exit clause of 75 million, his file would be very high, as well as the commission for Mino Raiola and for his father, Alf-Inge. And it also has suitors with more purchasing power today than Barça, such as Real Madrid and various Premier League clubs.
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However, Barça has its options because the player has already shown in his short career that he makes decisions gradually based on what suits him best at maturity. Still in the Molde Norwegian, aged 18, chose the Red Bull Salzburg to ensure minutes and the best training, rejecting the Juventus. And at the age of 19 he preferred Dortmund, a club that always bets on young people instead of other greats with more pressure. By that rule of three, now, at 21 years old, he has to climb another step that could be the Barça, which needs you to set course. To seduce HaalandYes, we must guarantee the Barça presence in the next Champions League.
The ‘operation Vlahovic’ it is less complex and less expensive, although it is not cheap either. The ‘9’ of Belgrade contract ends in 2023, which is why the FiorentinaIn the summer of 2022, you will no longer be able to claim an exorbitant amount. And his record is very low in the Italian club where he has played since 2018, with 18 years. However, her 21 goals in the last Serie A and already 16 so far in the current one, make her one of the ‘candies’ on the international market and her list of brides is very wide. The Athletic It has been months after his signing, but in the summer Fiorentina asked him for 50 million and, according to ‘Transfermarkt’, his market value is already 70.
His agents offered him to Barça in 2020, when he gave way to Luis Suarez, with an assignment with a purchase option, but there was no understanding with the Fiore. Now the contact is more fluid. Logical. You do not want to renew in 2023 and your club is obliged to listen to offers now