In last weekend's Premier League, defending champions Manchester City beat Wolves with one less man at half-time to secure their top spot in the table with a 1-0 crush. However, the weakness of the weak attack of the frontless front is also exposed. A strong center became a necessity for Guardiola's tactical system. Looking at European football, the most suitable is naturally the 21-year-old Dortmund red star Haaland. However, signing him is not an easy task.
Next summer, the liquidated damages clause in Haaland's contract will be activated, which is about 68 million pounds (75 million euros), which is not much for European giants such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Paris, Chelsea and Real Madrid. But as one of Merrow's future successors, Haaland's transfer is clearly not so simple.
According to the Sun, Haaland's transfer adviser Rayola hopes to receive a commission of £47 million in Haaland's transfer, which he will give equally to the old Haalander, who is Haaland's agent, and the two sides have agreed on this. In fact, during Manchester United's return to Old Trafford in the summer of 2016, Rayola was credited with receiving at least £40 million in commissions. Hungry for money, Rayola was far superior to his other colleague, Mendes.
In addition, Haaland also asked for a large five-year contract with an annual salary of up to 21.3 million pounds. So the total cost of signing Haaland is as high as £215 million, and no active professional player can carry such a heavy burden on a club as he does. However, according to the Sun, City have not completely closed the door to the introduction of Haaland, and they are also well aware of how much it will cost to get the talented centre-forward. In an interview, Raiola also said very subtly that the only Premier League club that is really interested in Haaland today is Manchester City.
It is not surprising to say that in the summer window this season, Chelsea spent 105 million euros to sign veteran Lukaku from Inter, and the arrival of the Belgian center forward has filled the blues' vacancy in the center position and made them lose the embarrassment of repeated embarrassment on the weak team. In this case, the introduction of Haaland does not seem to make much sense anymore.
The situation for United is more complicated, they definitely need a centre-forward, there is no doubt about it, but the 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo has a firm grip on the main center position, because he can't play anywhere else now. If Haaland joins, it is bound to clash with C Ronaldo in terms of position, and the technical characteristics also determine that he cannot play for C Ronaldo like Cwani, and the two cannot coexist on the field. Unless Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Manchester United next summer, It is unlikely that United will bring in Haaland. The key problem is that even if Ronaldo has the intention to leave, it is difficult to find a club that satisfies him.
Therefore, only Manchester City now has enough financial resources and strong tactical needs to win Haaland. But will City really spare no effort for him? Not necessarily.
First of all, Laiola is indeed a very troublesome broker. Even if City met all his requirements, he would certainly not stop in haaland's five years with Manchester City. Salary increases, threats to leave the team, and so on will emerge in an endless stream, and in this regard, the Pogba next door is a good negative teaching material. Manchester City cannot help but defend against this.
Secondly, and most importantly, although Haaland has killed all four sides in the Bundesliga and the data is extremely good, the open style of the Bundesliga is indeed easy to produce data brushes. After coming to a Premier League arena with more intense defense and tougher defense, it is still unknown whether Haaland will be able to continue his excellent statistics. A very typical example is that in last season's Champions League knockout round, Manchester City once met Borussia Dortmund in a narrow way, and in the two-legged match, Manchester City beat Dortmund 4-2 on aggregate, Haaland scored only 1 assist in 2 games, and only 1 of the shots on goal was on target, and the performance could only be said to be decent. Therefore, Manchester City can not help but think twice.