Erling Haaland

[citizen_maine]

Imagine this for months

keeps us busy :-)

 

[Cobwebcat]

keeps us busy :-)

True, better than work and real life!

 

[nyCITY]

The bidding war is between the interested clubs and Haaland, not BVD

If City, Real and Barca all want Haaland and he agrees to terms with City but City offer €100, while Real are willing to offer €130 and Barça are willing to offer €150 then BVB will stall the deal.

Having multiple interested parties is never a bad thing for the seller.

 

[Cobwebcat]

How would that make a difference?

if it’s real all a club needs to do is deposit the money in BDs bank and take the player. There would be no need to pay a penny more.

if it’s untrue then it pays BD to get as much as they can by playing clubs off against each other.

 

[citizen_maine]

If City, Real and Barca all want Haaland and he agrees to terms with City but City offer €100, while Real are willing to offer €130 and Barça are willing to offer €150 then BVB will stall the deal.

Having multiple interested parties is never a bad thing for the seller.

But if he agrees terms with City the other clubs won't make bids of any amount

 

[lee_wsm]

Hmmm? Measured response or be a tit and post something snarky?

I have to say I'm leaning towards being a tit and posting a snarky response.

I feel us fans have over thought the dad connection and we think he wants us and only us.

 

[lee_wsm]

Still think Real is the big rival here usually find a way to get money and are known to pay what it takes.

 

[The1nvisibleMan]

 

[p.taker]

I feel us fans have over thought the dad connection and we think he wants us and only us.

Oh for sure, we want to latch onto the positive. My post was a conviluted way of saying the poster you quoted was being a tit. ;)

 

[Coatigan]

If City, Real and Barca all want Haaland and he agrees to terms with City but City offer €100, while Real are willing to offer €130 and Barça are willing to offer €150 then BVB will stall the deal.

Having multiple interested parties is never a bad thing for the seller.

Pretty much, but very broadly speaking.

Up to the player then not to get itchy feet or change his mind. And up to City to get an offer accepted by Dortmund, with whatever incentives.

Madrid and Barca (sayn they had the money) wouldn't make offers to dortmund, without the player at least giving them an indication of willingness to join. And with his agent, I doubt he takes deals off the table.

So yes, if any club is going to land him, they'll have to be resolute and not drag it out.

 

[asahartford1]

Oh yeah for sure but I feel like this transfer coupled with another name or messi signifies the fact we’ve moved up that level

The problems signing Haaland would be greater than you can imagine.
Winning every week , accumulating trophies galore, City would become hated by all the other clubs, all the other owners, presidents, leagues ,EUFA, newspapers, Sky, politicians would get involved.
Posters would find it harder to find negatives to moan about, pep would have fewer blindspots, queues would be longer, beer more expensive, Wembley more boring.
Careful what you wish for)

 

[Lkzerinho]

“Raiola and Haaland's father were also planning to see Madrid today!”

See this one concerns me due to the sheer attraction to Madrid and how giant that club is. We don't know their financial situation though, However, I think they like Mbappe more, and if he doesn't renew his contract, I think they will go for him over Haaland.

 

[HelloCity]

I genuinely think we might be the only ones able to pay the €150m fee. The higher the fee the better the chance we have!

 

[The perfect fumble]

Breakfast in Barcelona, luncheon in Madrid and supper from a chippy in Moston.

What could go wrong?

 

[pudge]

Messi, Haaland and Aguero up front for Barca next season and this forum implodes

 

[Cobwebcat]

Presumably all this is going on with BDs permission which makes their statemen that he is not leaving this Summer appear weird.

I think I’m lost

 

[DMA's]

Touring Europe like a fucking band. This really is gonna be a fun transfer to follow

 

[MarsLlama]

Presumably all this is going on with BDs permission which makes their statemen that he is not leaving this Summer appear weird.

I think I’m lost

Dortmund are the biggest bullshitters in football when it comes to selling players. Lots of clubs do it to an extent but Dortmund are the type of club who can release a statement saying "there is no chance Haaland is leaving this summer" on a Monday and sell him on Thursday. That statement they put out is worth no more than a bloke in the corner of the pub saying we're definitely signing Isco.

 

[nyCITY]

?

I’m not sure what youre asking - I assume it has to do with my treatment of Barca as a tertiary player in this saga.

From my perspective, Barca (and to a much lesser extent Madrid even) are not in a strong enough economic position to be taken seriously. In order for them to be viable they would need to be looking to sell a lot of their higher cost players. On the face of it, Barca seem to have multiple instances of Gareth Bale at Madrid in Greizmann, Dembele, Umtiti and Coutinho. Additionally, they have the wages of all the other legacy players to deal with in Alba, Busquets and Pique. They are in need of a massive restructuring.

How are they credibly going to sign a player that said the project is more important than the money when the entire squad makeup is 1) unsustainable financially 2) uncertain and 3) linked to Agüero?

 

[Cobwebcat]

Dortmund are the biggest bullshitters in football when it comes to selling players. Lots of clubs do it to an extent but Dortmund are the type of club who can release a statement saying "there is no chance Haaland is leaving this summer" on a Monday and sell him on Thursday. That statement they put out is worth no more than a bloke in the corner of the pub saying we're definitely signing Isco.

We’re signing Isco you say ;-)