The 21-year-old Haaland has been in the spotlight of Europe's biggest clubs since Red Bull Salzburg, scoring eight goals for the team in the Champions League group stage during his time at Red Bull Salzburg. His move from Red Bull Salzburg to Borussia Dortmund in the winter of 2019 officially kicked off his journey to the top five leagues. After coming to Borussia Dortmund, Haaland continued his high-profile performances, scoring 41 goals and contributing 12 assists for Borussia Dortmund last season.
Haaland is not like Mbappe who has long been in love with Real Madrid, so although Haaland's overall strength is slightly inferior to Mbappe,the competition for Haaland is more intense. Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Barca, Manchester City, Real Madrid and even Manchester United have all been linked to Haaland. Haaland's contract with Borussia Dortmund has a termination clause for €75 million, a figure that is not a big deal for any big team.
Last summer, Paris Saint-Germain, in order to prevent Mbappe from leaving the team, once offered Dortmund for 200 million euros to buy Haaland, but Haaland refused. Chelsea also offered £130 million for Haaland, but could only buy Lukaku in the end. Haaland and Barca have had the most scandals at the beginning of the season, and just when everyone thought that Haaland would join Barca, Barca announced that they would withdraw from haaland's competition, citing no money.
After Barca withdrew, the teams competing for Haaland were manchester City and Real Madrid. Originally, Real Madrid had the lead, because Haaland also had a "child's dream", and he also wanted to play for Real Madrid, put on a silver and white shirt, and run wildly at the Bernabeu stadium. But now Real Madrid is also following in Barca's footsteps, announcing that they are withdrawing from the competition for Haaland. There are two reasons, the first is Haaland's injury, and the second is Real Madrid's reluctance to upset the balance of the dressing room for Haaland.
Haaland's injuries have erupted at the start of the season, and he has been injured six times at the start of the season. Last season, he made 41 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, scoring 41 goals and contributing 12 assists, equaling Kylian Mbappe's 42 goals and 11 assists, but haaland has made significantly fewer appearances this season, and so far Haaland has made 26 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, scoring 25 goals and contributing 8 assists.
Efficiency may seem high, but injuries can often determine the ceiling of a player's career. Dortmund fans saw that Haaland was determined to leave the team, so they also began to expose Haaland's injury. Some fans said that Haaland's injury is definitely not as simple as the team announced to the public, his thigh strain is not a day or two, and there have been 3 injuries in a year without confrontation. The remarks of Dortmund fans may be suspicious, but it can be said that Haaland's injury is not light.
Real Madrid now have an injury-prone Bale, and this summer, Bale is about to leave when his contract expires, and Real Madrid can't bring in a player like Bale again. In addition to injuries, Real Madrid are also worried that the introduction of Haaland will undermine the unity of the dressing room. According to the Spanish media "Daily Sports" reported that the salary problem is a major obstacle for Real Madrid to introduce Haaland, Haaland's agent Raiola asked for an annual salary of 30 million euros after tax for Haaland.
The Daily Sport said that Real Madrid are not willing to offer a big contract for a player who has not yet made a contribution to the club, and if Real Madrid offers Haaland an annual salary of 30 million euros after tax, it will annoy some meritorious players in the locker room, and then the unity of real Madrid's dressing room will be destroyed. The newspaper also said that Real Madrid president Florentino is more satisfied with the team's current squad, so Real Madrid will not go crazy in the transfer market this summer.
Real Madrid withdrew from the battle for Haaland, then Haaland is left with only one team, Manchester City. Previous media reports that Manchester City is willing to pay Dortmund a termination fee of 75 million euros, willing to provide Haaland with a salary of 30 million euros after tax, in addition to agreeing to pay Haaland's agent Rayola and his family a commission of 50 million euros, many media said that Haaland has reached a personal agreement with Manchester City and will join Manchester City this summer.