Erling Haaland

[Sir Joe Aguero]

Im going to hate it but i think he end up at chelsea from what theyve put out their owner will do anything for him, hes going to offer haaland the world i still dont think they will win the league they are miles away from us that was shown in the united game. I just see them offering absurd wages compared to us and a massive fee.

We can match whatever they offer. I think the only player they have on over 200k is Werner, whilst we pay that or more to Aguero, KDB & Sterling, so we likely would for Haaland. They might not get CL, have spent a ton & need to revisit the new stadium plans in a few years.

We've got more money, far less debt, a better squad and manager, and a more pressing need for a striker. Plus his Dad played here and we've not missed Champions League once in the past decade.

I'd put it as us, then United, then Liverpool, then Chelsea for likelihood of playing for a Prem team.

 

[SidJames]

Great player.

Its his baggage of an Agent that has me worried.

If we can deal with him pimping him out for more money every 6 months.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Stats on Second Captains Podcast for Haaland ...

5th percentile for how many times teammates try to pass to him (95% of strikers are the target of more passes by their team more than him)
11th percentile for passes received (9/10 strikers are receiving more passes than him)
24th percentile for passes received and controlled (3/4 of forwards are doing better than him when they get the ball)

Looking at other top strikers they're all in the top % for these stats.
But he is the number 1 for Goals per 90 and Goals and Assists in the CL, second level for 'expected goals'.

Negative skew - raises questions about his movement and first touch.

Positive skew - he is scoring goals at an insane rate for the amount of times he's receiving the ball, he's an incredibly efficient striker.

Podcast pundit says "it's like the beginning of the terminator movie ... almost every time he touches the ball, he scores".

Those are some crazy stats. Not sure what to make of it. Will have to watch some of their game snow with a different take.

 

[SWP's back]

I feel like stronger rumours would've come out by now if he was moving.....He might prefer another season at dortmund with Marco Rose then choose the best mixture of sporting project and wages after the release clause bidding.

Stronger rumours that Dortmund saying they won’t stand in his way and every paper in Europe talking about which fucking clubs are in for him every fucking day and where he’s likely to go and for what money?

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

I'm not too worried about his agent. At the end of the day we as a club are substantially bigger than any one player and any one agent.

 

[aguero93:20]

Who's the other lad?

Nephew i think, plays for Molde

 

[aguero93:20]

Great player.

Its his baggage of an Agent that has me worried.

If we can deal with him pimping him out for more money every 6 months.

How do you feel about Jorge Mendes representing Ederson, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva?

 

[MeatHunterrr]

How do you feel about Jorge Mendes representing Ederson, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva?

Mendes does not come with baggage like Raiola though. you rarely see him in the press for example.

 

[aguero93:20]

Mendes does not come with baggage like Raiola though. you rarely see him in the press for example.

No, but he ran the rags while Maureen was there and he's running Wolves now. Porto and Benfica do what he tells them to.

 

[Larry Stranger]

Dortmund will want the bigger money this summer.

Not necessarily. This is the same club that instead of getting some 25 odd million from Bayern for Lewandowski held onto him for an extra year and let him go for free. Little different this year because of Covid, but they also had a set price for Sancho and didn't flinch when it wasn't met.
I believe if they miss out on CL qualification, then they may be forced to sell however.