Speculations are constantly bubbling Erling Haaland will leave Signal Iduna Park. Chelsea are most eager to sign the corpulent Norwegian and are reedy to bust their piggy-bank once again, after the signed Kai Havertz from Leverkusen last year for over 110 million USD.Allegedly, London Blues are now prepared to pay 100 million more for Borussia Dortmund’s talisman.Former footballer turned media representative and Haaland compatriot Jan Aage Fjortoft added some fuel to the fire when he stated that Borussia won’t turn away from a lucrative deal with the Champions League trophy holders.After guiding Chelsea to Champions League glory, Thomas Tuchel is determined to strengthen his team’s attacking options.And despite Dortmund’s insistence that they will keep the Norway international, Fjortoft believes that the Bundesliga side ‘won’t say no’ to a bid of 210 million USD.Re: HaalandI understand Chelsea are preparing a “BIG offer” to check out and challenge Dortmund’s “he will stay here next season”. The understanding is that Dortmund won’t say no to 175 million euro— Jan Aage Fjortoft 🏳️🌈 🇳🇴 (@JanAageFjortoft) July 12, 2021 As the sport media across Europe is already seeing the Norwegian in blue, Borussia Dortmund chief Michael Zorc made a joke that Haaland is ‘already in England’ after the striker was absent from the club’s fitness camp on Monday.The striker is due back in Germany for pre-season training but was one of the absentees as players were put through their paces following their summer break.Since Haaland joined Borussia Dortmund from Red Bull Salzburg in January 2020, he has made a sensational impact – he helped Dortmund to win the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) last season and scored 57 goals in 59 games. Chelsea scored 58 goals as they finished fourth in the Premier League last season, some way off the tally of 83 goals which was recorded by champions Manchester City. The 20-year-old Haaland has three years remaining on his contract at Dortmund but could end up leaving before the transfer window closes at the end of next month.Young striker could replace anyone from Chelsea’s forgotten attacking duo Olivier Giroud (reportedly set to join AC Milan) and Tammy Abraham (used sparingly in the second half of last season and on Aston Villa’s radar). Given that Timo Werner scored only 12 goals in his first season at the club, Tuchel could use another attacking dimension which so far proved to be extremely dangerous in all competitions.
