City make the deal with Dortmund official for the signing of Haaland, the most coveted piece on the market after Mbappe
The deal between Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City for the transfer of Erling Haaland is now official, although there are still some edges to the new contract of the Norwegian striker. The Etihad team confirmed the signing of the striker on Tuesday, who, after ending his relationship with the Ruhr account team on June 30, will strengthen the attack of the team led by Pep Guardiola and give the Catalan coach one of the most appreciated pieces on the market.
“Manchester City can confirm that it has reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland to the club on July 1, 2022. The transfer remains subject to the determination of the terms of the player’s contract with the player by the club.” , the current leader of the English Premier League says, making an open secret official that even the player’s family spokesman Jan Aage Fjortoft confirmed on Monday.
Haaland has committed himself to City for the next five years after the current Premier League champions paid the 75million breakout clause. In the case of bonds, the amount rises to 100 million euros. The deal with the footballer has yet to be made official, but Haaland will become one of the highest paid in the squad led by Guardiola. He will earn around €465,000 a week net, a salary surpassed only by Kevin De Bruyne’s.
While Pep Guardiola kept a cautious silence, forced by the situation, as Haaland’s signing was not yet official, his German colleague Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool coach, appreciated it, a team still fighting for the Premier with City, although it is three points is with three games to go, and that he will play the Champions League final against Real Madrid on May 28 in Paris.
Klopp believes that the amounts spent, which Barca have not been able to reach and have not been able to reach, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, the other two big admirers of Haaland, along with PSG, will take the market “to another level”. . “If Erling Haaland goes with them, it certainly won’t weaken them, absolutely not,” the German joked in an interview with Sky Sports. “I think there is already enough talk about this transfer. I know there is a lot of talk about money, but this move will take the market to another level,” he predicted.
Borussia Dortmund announced on Monday that they had given the Norwegian striker a day off to “solve personal matters”. Former football player Jan Aage Fjortoft, regular press commentator and spokesperson for the Haaland family, even wrote on his Twitter account that “the final decision has already been made”. Erling Haaland will play for Manchester City next season. His family reported this to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich last week. These last weeks are devoted to the details of the contract,” he added.
The British press also stated that he passed the medical examination and that City practically only had to activate the player’s cancellation clause. An amount of 75 million does not seem much for such a talent, especially given current market prices, but to be paid in one go and not in installments, something strange for transactions of this size.
With 85 goals in 88 appearances since joining Dortmund from Austria’s RB Salzburg in January 2020, Haaland is one of the most sought-after players at age 21 and his transfer will be one of the most significant this summer. He will be replaced at Signal Iduna Park by Karim Adeyemi, a 20-year-old German striker from Salzburg, who has already undergone a medical examination with the Rhenish team. Add 22 goals in 35 matches with the Austrians.
The English press calculated, taking into account the commissions paid to the agents and the annual salary promised to the player over the five years of the contract, that Haaland’s represents an operation of more than 250 million euros. This is an infamous reinforcement being claimed by Guardiola, who had unsuccessfully tried to sign Harry Kane from Tottenham last season, to have a true nine in his roster instead of Sergio Aguero, who was released at the end of his contract. and played for Barça until his retirement due to a cardiovascular problem.
Already in the recent Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid, City showed an alarming lack of punch that ultimately doomed them. Haaland, however, is a 1.94m tall and 88kg striker who meets conditions that are far from the most versatile of profile, such as Karim Benzema, which the former Barca coach loves.
Source: La Verdad
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