The FC Barcelona he is managing the movement of one of the most important players he has in his ‘orbit’ since Joan Laporta assumed the presidency of the club. Erling Haaland It is clear that he will leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, despite having a valid contract until 2024. That is why the Barça team has started the offensive, and from Barça they already declare themselves leaders in the bid for the Norwegian.
This has been made known by the newspaper ‘SPORT’, who assures that from within the culé entity they already claim to be the great favorites in the ‘race’ for the attacker. Both the sports project, which will have youth and the search for titles as the main protagonist, as well as having Xavi Hernández as coach, would have seduced the striker to decide on the Blaugrana elastic.
The directive already has an organized plan to financially face his signing. His new contract will last for several years. and that is estimated to be for 250 million euros. This figure would include the transfer price, his salary, and the commissions to his agent, Mino Raiola, and his father, Alf-Inge Haaland, which the club seeks to minimize as much as possible.
To ensure that everything is in order and proceed with the transaction, Barcelona has launched several operations. The first of them is the entry into the CVC agreement, which might materialize in the coming weeksand the next would be the sale of 49% of Barça Studios, for whom there would already be a purchase offer of 350 million.
However, the words of the journalist and close friend of the Haaland family, Jan Åge Fjörtoft, have said the opposite. According to his sources, Manchester City would be the true favorite to get the services of the Nordic ‘crack’. In addition, he has made it clear that Barça does not appear as a real destination, and that everything would be between the ‘citizen’ team and Real Madrid. Although it is true that the Catalans believe that City is their biggest competitor, they consider Madrid ruled out, because they think that if they sign Mbappé, they will not be able to go for the Norwegian. Time will tell, and everything indicates that it will be the new ‘serial soap opera’ on the market.
return to glory
All these steps that Laporta wants to climb are part of the process of rebuilding the team. The image of the Catalan team has gone downhill since the pandemic arrived, worsening even more with the departure of Lionel Messi. That is why the president seeks to continue with the sports project that has begun with the arrival of Xavi on the bench, and which must continue with the signing of a ‘superstar’ like Haaland for 2022/23.