BVB: Haaland change to Man City is imminent – Dortmund expects departure

Clause valid until the end of April

This article was first published on Wednesday, March 16, at 7:53 am and new information has been subsequently added.

The question of whether Erling Haaland (21) leaves Borussia Dortmund or stays for another year has occupied the black and yellow for months. According to “Sport Bild”, there should finally be clarity in a few weeks. As the magazine reports, Manchester City is likely to seize the opportunity. A transfer of the top scorer to the “Citizens” is imminent, it is said.

According to reports, the reigning English champions are willing to pull the exit clause anchored in the contract, which is rumored to be 75 million euros, in the contract that is valid until 2024. This option must be used by April 30th – the previously unknown deadline. That would mean that Haaland himself would first have to officially submit his change request to BVB in order to then give the poaching club – in this case Man City – the opportunity to guarantee the transfer fee by means of a certified declaration. Due to the tough bureaucratic processes, Haaland had to make a clear trend very early on.

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Update 12:57 p.m.: Like now the “WAZ” reported, those responsible for BVB are assuming that their goal-getter will leave. So far there have been no signs or talks regarding a possible stay at the Ruhrpott-Klub. Although a change to the “Citizens” has not yet been decided, Dortmund is preparing for the time after Haaland. The bosses around Hans-Joachim Watzke and consultant Matthias Sammer thought it realistic that the offensive man could earn the around 600,000 euros a week on the island rumored in the media. Borussia’s offer, which would put Haaland on a par with captain Marco Reus in terms of salary – the 32-year-old earns 12 million euros a year – could not keep up. So everything points to a farewell.

According to “Sport Bild”, the Norwegian sees his next goal with the Skyblues, because the main competitor Real Madrid is about to sign Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé (23) and attacker Karim Benzema (34) is currently untouched and bound until 2023 – too late for Haaland, who is willing to change. In addition, his father Alf-Inge himself has a past at Man City (45 games between 2000 and 2003). The report does not even mention FC Barcelona, ​​which is also interested and financially troubled.

BVB striker Haaland wanted at Man City: Guardiola needs a striker

Haaland switched from Red Bull Salzburg to Dortmund in January 2020 for 20 million euros and has since scored 80 goals and 21 assists in 80 games across all competitions for the second-placed Bundesliga player – he has become the second most valuable player in the world at BVB. Most recently, the offensive man celebrated his joker comeback in the 1-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld after weeks of injury. At Man City he should be welcomed with open arms by coach Pep Guardiola.

“The club definitely needs a striker. I don’t agree with people saying that we play fantastic without a striker because we win. We play differently with a striker. Without him we work with the quality that we have,” said the 51-year-old recently. Shortly before the start of the winter transfer window, Guardiola said that the club would have to find a replacement in the center forward position “sooner or later”. “One day it will happen.”

With Haaland, this plan seems to work out shortly. In the case of a departure, Haaland becomes the third most expensive departure in the club’s history after Ousmane Dembélé (24, FC Barcelona) and Jadon Sancho (21, Manchester United), while Man City has only twice invested an even higher fee in a new signing. “I didn’t hear anything today, yesterday, the day before yesterday. I know City is behind. And it’s known. The numbers, I had whiplash, passed out,” said BVB consultant Matthias Sammer on Tuesday evening on “Amazon Prime Video”.

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