Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has been in the headlines again after scoring a brace in last week’s Champions League first-leg encounter against Sevilla.
The Norwegian goalscoring juggernaut has scored 43 goals in as many appearances for the Bundesliga club and has subsequently been linked as a potential future transfer for Manchester United, as per Sky Sports.
Now the 20-year-old’s agent Mino Raiola, who also represents Paul Pogba, has claimed that there are 10 clubs in football who are in a financial position to sign his client.
Four of them are in the Premier League, according to Raiola, speaking to the BBC (via Fabrizio Romano on Twitter, as seen below):
Mino Raiola to BBC: “Only 10 clubs in the world have the economic power to buy Haaland and four of them are teams of the Premier League. I don't think there's a manager or sports director in the world who would say that he’s not interested in Haaland…”. 🟡⚫️ #bvb #haaland
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 23, 2021
Raiola doesn’t name any of the clubs but he went as far to drop a transfer hint. He will be on the lookout for Haaland’s next club while the BVB starlet continues to rock Europe.
It remains unclear if United will move for Haaland. I think the deal will involve a lot of politics with tons of speculation and face saving.
The future of Haaland remains unclear.
Raiola was also asked about Pogba and side-stepped the question, with quotes tweeted again by Romano.
Raiola: “Pogba set to leave #MUFC? I only said my opinion, I didn’t want to create any problem. I don’t think that top players like Pogba or Solskjaer can be destabilised by what Raiola says. But I'm not going to talk about it again… or everyone in England goes crazy”. 🔴
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 23, 2021
Nothing to really see on the Pogba front…
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If UTD are serious about winning the PREM or Champs league they need Haaland or Kane,,,,Simples ! Just pay the money and dont mess about,Kane is injury prone but lethal, Haaland would come to OT at a price,otherwise its play catchup” AGAIN !
Haaland and a first one class center back to take over from magstick.