From the moment when Erling Haaland took the big stage while at Borussia Dortmund, it was known that his career will take new heights soon. Back in 2021, the late Mino Riola took the Norwegian player and his father Alfie and went to negotiations with Barcelona. President Joan Laporta was keen to sign Haaland in June 2022 and the player said ‘yes‘, but the already known financial restrictions prevented the deal and the player ended up in Manchester City, and already won the Premier League title and the Champions League. But, the Citizens are not as big as Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, no matter how much money the UAE owners pour into the club. So, two years after the initial contact, another one happened, and the participants were the same – player‘s agent and Barcelona. Mbappe will sign for Real, but what about Haaland?According to Mundo Deportivo, Riola‘s successor Rafaela Pimenta came to Barcelona last month and met new sporting director Deco. The conversation was about Erling Haaland, but unlike their previous meeting with Riola, this time the Catalans didn‘t make any promises they couldn‘t fulfill. Apparently, they were both talking about the Norwegian‘s career at Camp Nou in 2025. Why that year? For several reasons. First of all, Barcelona still doesn‘t have the money for the transfer. Then, there is the fact that their striker no. 1 is still in the club. Robert Lewandowski was brough for 45+5 million euros when they couldn‘t afford Haaland and his contract runs out in 2025. He just refused a 100 million euros from an unnamed club in Saudi Arabia, but a year from now, he will be a free man if the Catalans don‘t offer him a new deal. Next year, the new Camp Nou will also be finished so having a star player to ‘open‘ the stadium will be a perfect new beginning.Haaland can leave Manchester City after two seasons for 200 million eurosAlso, there is the fact that Real Madrid will bring in Kylian Mbappe and will be even more powerful. Barcelona needs to find a solution or they will fall behind quickly. But, there is another reason. Apparently, Real is also looking at Halaand, as they want to finish forming ‘Galacticos 3.0‘ with the Norwegian. The Athletic writes that in the coming years – it is not specified when – a clause in his contract with City should become active according to which his buyout price would be closer to the sum of 100,000,000 euros, rather than 200,000,000, which is serious bait for Real. They cannot afford Mbappe and Haaland in the same year, but let‘s say in 2025, that could be affordable. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7984840##
