To win the first UCL next season, the transfer fee alone is 101 billion won ‘betting’
▲ Elling Hollan
Elling Halan playing for Dortmund in the German Bundesliga.
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Norwegian goalkeeper Elling Haalan (22) transfers to Manchester City (Man City) in the English Premier League (EPL) thirsting for the UEFA Champions League (UCL) title.
Major British media, such as the BBC and Sky Sports, reported on the 10th (Korean time) that Halan, who is a member of the German Bundesliga Dortmund, will be confirmed for the transfer to Manchester City within this week.
After Lionel Messi (35, Argentina) and Cristiano Ronaldo (37, Portugal), who have formed a rivalry for the past 15 years, Halan is the ‘new rival of world football in the 2020s’ along with France’s Kylian Mbappe (24, Paris Saint-Germain). He has been attracting attention as a striker who can create a composition.
Haalan made his professional debut in Brune in 2016, scoring 92 goals in the league alone while playing for Molde (Norway), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) and Dortmund. He also became the youngest player in UCL history to score 20 goals last year.
Real Madrid, PSG, and Bayern Munich also showed interest, but Manchester City, who desperately needed a ‘9 striker’ (striker) to win the UCL, embraced Halan. Manchester City, who finished runner-up last year and were eliminated from the quarterfinals this year, have postponed their first UCL title challenge in the club’s history to next season. Manchester City, who failed to advance to the final for the second year in a row by allowing a comeback goal to Real Madrid’s typical ‘9 striker’ Karim Benzema (35, France) in this season’s UCL semifinals, replaced Sergio Aguero, who left the team at the end of last season He was intent on recruiting a goalkeeper to fill in. And that ‘0 ranking’ was Hollan.
According to the local media, the transfer fee is 75 million euros (about 101 billion won), which is the buyout amount, and the weekly salary that Man City will receive is 500,000 pounds (about 780 million won). known It’s the best in the EPL.
Meanwhile, Halan’s father, Alpinge Haaland, also played as a defender for City from 2000 to 2003.
Reporter Jang Hyung-woo