Dusseldorf (dpa)
News reports said that the Norwegian, Erling Haaland, the attacking star of German football, Borussia Dortmund, told his club that he will leave the team at the end of the season, to join Manchester City.
And the “Sky” TV network and the “The Athletic” news portal reported that Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano told his counterpart in Borussia Dortmund, Hans-Joachim Watzke, that the club would activate the penalty clause in Haaland’s contract, which is worth 75 million euros (78.9 million dollars). It was not immediately possible to reach a comment from Dortmund, but Sebastian Keil, head of the German club’s professional players’ committee, told “Sport 1” that Halland’s future may be decided within days.
