Manchester (Archyde.com)
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said he had been told not to talk regarding the transfer of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland to his Premier League club until all procedures were completed.
Norwegian striker Halland, 21, is one of the most prominent talents expected to move this summer, having scored 85 goals in 88 games with Dortmund since joining in January 2020.
“Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City have told me that I am not allowed to talk regarding anything until the deal is done,” Guardiola told reporters today.
“I can’t talk, and I’m sorry,” he added. There is plenty of room to talk and I would honestly like that, they told me not to speak for a legal reason, not because I didn’t want to do it.”
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Pep Guardiola refuses to comment on the BVB striker’s change
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola refused to comment on the upcoming transfer of Borussia Dortmund’s star striker Erling Haaland at a press conference on Tuesday.
“Everyone knows the situation. Of course, I’m expected to say something, but Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City have forbidden me to say anything because the transfer hasn’t been completed yet,” said the ex-Bayern coach before the league game Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday (9.15pm).
The 21-year-old Norwegian Haaland has apparently already completed the medical check and is said to switch to the Premier League leaders for a fixed transfer fee of 75 million euros. Guardiola also blocked inquiries regarding Haaland: “I’m really not allowed to say anything because it’s not legally approved.”
Klopp: Haaland’s deal takes the market to “another level”!
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
London (AFP)
German Jurgen Klopp, coach of Liverpool, considered that the transfer of the lethal Norwegian striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City would raise the transfer market to a “completely different level”.
Several sources reported that City had reached an agreement to transfer Halland from Dortmund, and he would sign a contract for five seasons, according to which he would receive an amount of 500,000 pounds per week, with City paying Dortmund the penalty clause in the latter’s contract of 64 million pounds for the deal (75 million dollars). ).
Klopp said in an interview with “Sky Sports”: “I think we talk enough regarding this deal, this transfer will take the market to a whole other level.”
Dortmund announced that it left the player free today “to settle personal issues”.
Former footballer Jan Ag Fuertoft, a regular consultant to the press and very close to the Haaland family, wrote on his Twitter account that the final decision had been made.
He continued: “Erling Haaland will play for Manchester City next season. Haaland’s surroundings informed Real Madrid and Bayern Munich last week. The last few weeks were devoted to contract details.”
The amount is moderate for a similar talent and given the current prices in the market, but it has to be paid in one go, which is rare in such large deals.
Halland, 21, has scored 85 goals in 88 matches in which he has defended Dortmund in various competitions since he moved to him in January 2020 in the winter transfer market, coming from Austrian Salzburg.
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.