Erling Haaland

[Ric]

How many times does his €75m release clause need to be posted before people stop writing fan fiction about him moving for 130 million?

Presumably he will be sold well before his release clause kicks in?

 

[Damanino]

I expect him to leave Dortmund end of this season and as I understand his RC will become active 2021 only.

Dortmund might be stupid not to accept a 100-120m pound offer only to be forced to accept half that offer a year later. They know they will lose him, its just a matter of time.

Can see Real Madrid saving up the money this recent summer to go big on him next summer given Hazard flopped, Benzema going out soon.

And 120m is not a crazy price for him imo, he is guaranteed 25+ scorer wherever he goes on any top league as long as he is not injured a lot.

Txiki might be scared by Raiola as well unfortunately which can reduce our chances even further with him.

 

[domalino]

Presumably he will be sold well before his release clause kicks in?

I don't think so. Haaland senior and Mino have planned this out pretty precisely. The buyout clause gives him the choice to go wherever he wants, because every top club can afford €75m and it guarantees them reportedly up to €30m personally.

Dortmund usually hold onto their starts a season longer than people think, and the Bundesliga and CL is a plenty big enough platform for him to keep improving and get famous until the clause kicks in, especially if he's in some sort of duel for top scorer with Lewandowski.

Also, unless the agents mount a successful legal challenge, Fifa's rule that agents can't get more than 6% of the transfer fee comes into effect in 2021. So they're not going to get paid a huge amount unless it's as part of this already existing contract.

 

[ScottSinclair]

We need him

 

[Neville Kneville]

This is the moment someone at City needs to show some balls.

I fully understand & back our transfer policy & I fully understand us not wanting to deal with his fat **** agent.

But we are in a fortunate position of no debt, in times where the biggest clubs are scared by their debts. I'm absolutely certain we could find a way of getting this player signed up, before others solve their problems & step in front of us. Which they will, sooner or later & then he will certainly be beyond our price range.

Signing loads of little kids for 5-10 mil here & there, who nobody notices when they do fuck all, is easy. No comeback.

We need somebody to stand up & say 'this is the guy we need' put their balls on the line & do it.

We will beat pretty much everybody with this guy leading our attack. Fuck 'Pepball requires a 5ft 8 striker' bollocks, fucking adapt it.

 

[purplenose]

Has it not been said that he doesnt want to come here?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Has it not been said that he doesnt want to come here?

I don't believe that for one second.

Fatso may have spread that story maybe, because we don't want to deal with him.

His Dad didn't give that impression at all & neither has he.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Has it not been said that he doesnt want to come here?

Added to his family connection,an opportunity to be the main striker,for the entirety of his peak years,at a club that can realise his every ambition.......i very much doubt we aren't in his thinking.

 

[Keeper!]

This is the moment someone at City needs to show some balls.

I fully understand & back our transfer policy & I fully understand us not wanting to deal with his fat **** agent.

But we are in a fortunate position of no debt, in times where the biggest clubs are scared by their debts. I'm absolutely certain we could find a way of getting this player signed up, before others solve their problems & step in front of us. Which they will, sooner or later & then he will certainly be beyond our price range.

Signing loads of little kids for 5-10 mil here & there, who nobody notices when they do fuck all, is easy. No comeback.

We need somebody to stand up & say 'this is the guy we need' put their balls on the line & do it.

We will beat pretty much everybody with this guy leading our attack. Fuck 'Pepball requires a 5ft 8 striker' bollocks, fucking adapt it.

Totally agree with your sentiment but I can't see the club doing this deal, especially if Pep stays in charge.

But we have to change our attitude to transfers back to the level under Mancini/Cook era.

Identify the very best players and sign then, even if we have to pay premium prices and in doing so weaken our opponents considerably.

Our squad is considerably weaker than it has been for a long time , our recruitment has left a lot to be desired over the last 2/3 years, we have signed players inferior to the ones they have replaced.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Totally agree with your sentiment but I can't see the club doing this deal, especially if Pep stays in charge.

But we have to change our attitude to transfers back to the level under Mancini/Cook era.

Identify the very best players and sign then, even if we have to pay premium prices and in doing so weaken our opponents considerably.

Our squad is considerably weaker than it has been for a long time , our recruitment has left a lot to be desired over the last 2/3 years, we have signed players inferior to the ones they have replaced.

We have found a gem in Dias, we have some really good academy kids to take up the slack in the squad.

We are only a few signings away from an almost perfect squad imo, but we need the front 3 to be world class or thereabouts.

It may already be over for Sergio, but if it isn't, it soon will be.

Just get this done as a one off & the other signings won't need to be anywhere near as expensive.