Dortmund doesn’t need one player to finish 4th in the Bundesliga. That isn’t good enough reason
At least 17 timesHe seems pretty good. I think we should sign him. Has anyone else on here suggested that yet?
They get a guaranteed €40m in tv money. Money that they budget to have every year and would leave a big hole in their budget if they didn't have it.
That changes things.
Only if we can't persuade Danny Ings to join "The Project"™.He seems pretty good. I think we should sign him. Has anyone else on here suggested that yet?
What promiseIf the clause is real, then I wouldn't be surprised if he sits tight for a year. Score a shitload more goals in the Bundesliga and Champions League, make yourself even more valuable. Then get an incredible deal from the club of your choice.
This summer, it's only really us and Chelsea who can afford him. Wait a year for the clause to kick in and suddenly Bayern, Juve, PSG, Inter, Barca, Real, Liverpool, United are all in play.
If he really wants us though, it'll probably have to be this summer. I don't see us in a holding pattern for 12 months waiting on a promise.
We only go after players who want to sign for us. In the scenario where he waits a year, I don't see us entering a bidding war, so the only way we sign him is if he only wants us and tells us that. But even in that unlikely scenario, I don't see us risking it and not signing a forward this summer.What promise
Don't get this at all. Sancho leaves and Haaland is like "Yeah, that's cool, I'll stay here another year at this club with limited ambition whilst my best teammates jump ship."
Nah. It's still posturing or bullshit.
I agree, it will be this summer or never.It's this summer or never imo. If he waits a year to choose from a list of clubs then it's because he doesn't want to come to us imo.
I think if he wants out Dortmund will allow him providing there's a decent offer.
BTW this is based on zero knowledge. Just typing shit cos I'm too tired to make it 20 steps to my bed.
with his agent? whoever is paying the biggest cut!, who else would he really want to join?
I actually think that it is him and his Dad making the call on where he will go, Raiola is the man to sort out the contract side of things.with his agent? whoever is paying the biggest cut!
This is a big misunderstanding about Raiola. People think he just wants to keep switching players from club to club to get the biggest transfer fee, hence the term “bidding war” being thrown around so much. What is at stake here is the player’s brand. The agents know that a player being a winner only enhances the brand and that’s when they make more money — but also the club makes more money. Being a prolific goalscorer at Dortmund can only do so much for him. Him taking that to a team that will win a bigger league and potentially the Champions League, that’s when it will take him to the money-making stardom. Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo and Mbappe are arguably the top 4 superstars in football. They all have top stats and score goals nearly every match. The first three have won the UCL and the last one has won the World Cup as a teenager. Haaland coming to City, becoming our number one goalscorer and titles still coming, given how good our team is, he will join those four easily. Now let’s assume Barcelona can take a miraculous loan to pay for him more than the other clubs. Is it a good deal for him to go there? He will be making a lot of money from wages, sure, but if the club, unable to improve the rest of the team, keeps stuck not winning La Liga and being pathetically eliminated from the UCL year after year, that will have an effect on his brand and, long term, on how much money he will make for himself... and his agent. That is also why Raiola knows the player can’t afford to waste another year stuck at Dortmund, not winning the Bundesliga, not winning the UCL, having limited exposure. But here’s the trick: we also know that. We know we are perhaps the best opportunity for him. So this won’t be a one-sided negotiationwith his agent? whoever is paying the biggest cut!
I actually think that it is him and his Dad making the call on where he will go, Raiola is the man to sort out the contract side of things.
Bugger!Just got a lot harder with Dortmund qualifying for the CL.