9 | Erling Haaland - 2025/26

[sk3ptical]

So no release clause then.

 

[sk3ptical]

Shameless.

 

[Paul1970]

If they drop £200 million then maybe we think about it .

 

[Manchester_lalala]

If they drop £200 million then maybe we think about it .

I wouldn’t even think about entertaining £200m. £300m then let’s talk.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Riquelme's doubled down... sort of.

I'd be fine with watching these two make absolute prats out of themselves for the next few weeks, if it wasn't for sections of the football world feeling compelled to entertain their obvious bullshit.

So now we're going to have to put up with people with zero critical thinking skills repeating "but what if it's true?" throughout this joke of an election.

 

[waspish]

We should sue if he doesn’t retract what he said!

 

[domalino]

And openly tapping up a player at a news conference isn't against the rule?

People really need to learn what tapping up is. This is not it.

Riquelme has no existing connection to Real Madrid. He's just a bloke running for election. He has no power at the club and he doesn't represent them.

What you're suggesting is the equivalent of wanting City to be punished because Liam Gallagher says he'd sign Mbappe if he got Khaldoon's job.

 

[waspish]

People really need to learn what tapping up is. This is not it.

Riquelme has no existing connection to Real Madrid. He's just a bloke running for election. He has no power at the club and he doesn't represent them.

What you're suggesting is the equivalent of wanting City to be punished because Liam Gallagher says he'd sign Mbappe if he got Khaldoon's job.

So there is no voting for the next president of Real Madrid? Or can any Joe blogs go for it?

 

[HelloCity]

I still remember a poster on here saying this guy was ahead of Haaland back in 2022.

Chelsea's Liam Delap scored two goals in 41 games, so what next for the striker?

A year after striker Liam Delap joined Chelsea, he struggled to prove himself during an underwhelming and injury-hit season.

www.bbc.com

 

[WallyA]

So there is no voting for the next president of Real Madrid? Or can any Joe blogs go for it?

You've said 2 separate questions.

There is voting for the president clearly.

But you must have a Madrid stakeholder with some backing already before you run in the election.

 

[dadnlad]

if he wants to go he's gone as with every other player manager employee .

 

[bluetonium]

Any Real fans would do well to take note of this candidate's penchant for bullsh*t.

Promising things he can't deliver, spreading lies about release clauses. Either his sources are poor or he's a habitual liar. Not exactly the kind of person you want running your club, I'd imagine?

Thankfully both Erling and his advisors seem to have both dignity and a respect for the club. That will be returned in spades if he ever does need to leave Manchester, or alternatively could well translate to a lifetime and more of adoration and respect from generations of city fans.

Either way, well done to city and Haaland's team. Football is meant to be exciting and can be murky, but spreading falsehoods about players isn't acceptable. If anything, it probably makes Haaland more wary of dealing with such a character in the future.

 

[ALDN_Ko]

I wouldn’t even think about entertaining £200m. £300m then let’s talk.

£500m and we can consider opening talks with them

 

[domalino]

So there is no voting for the next president of Real Madrid? Or can any Joe blogs go for it?

Anyone who is a member and meets the criteria for holding the position can run.

In reality Perez has spent 20 years making the criteria so high no one else can run against him - you need enough money to prove you can cover 15% of the clubs budget ie ~€200m and be a member for 20 years.

 

[shemnel]

So there is no voting for the next president of Real Madrid? Or can any Joe blogs go for it?

has to be a ratified candidate. Unsure what the ratification process is though.

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

People really need to learn what tapping up is. This is not it.

Riquelme has no existing connection to Real Madrid. He's just a bloke running for election. He has no power at the club and he doesn't represent them.

What you're suggesting is the equivalent of wanting City to be punished because Liam Gallagher says he'd sign Mbappe if he got Khaldoon's job.

I've not mentioned Real Madrid.... I'm talking about the Barca president openly tapping up Bernardo during a press conference.

Hope that helps mate

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I've not mentioned Real Madrid.... I'm talking about the Barca president openly tapping up Bernardo during a press conference.

Hope that helps mate

That's great but still doesn't constitute tapping up.

 

[Belgian Flash]

Any Real fans would do well to take note of this candidate's penchant for bullsh*t.

Promising things he can't deliver, spreading lies about release clauses. Either his sources are poor or he's a habitual liar. Not exactly the kind of person you want running your club, I'd imagine?

Thankfully both Erling and his advisors seem to have both dignity and a respect for the club. That will be returned in spades if he ever does need to leave Manchester, or alternatively could well translate to a lifetime and more of adoration and respect from generations of city fans.

Either way, well done to city and Haaland's team. Football is meant to be exciting and can be murky, but spreading falsehoods about players isn't acceptable. If anything, it probably makes Haaland more wary of dealing with such a character in the future.

You do know that Haaland will sooner or later eventually leave Manchester City, right?

 

[bluetonium]

You do know that Haaland will sooner or later eventually leave Manchester City, right?

Sure. But that might be in one year or ten years.

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

That's great but still doesn't constitute tapping up.

It literally does. "Even public expressions of interest by managers or players can be classified as an "indirect approach" and are a breach of the rules"