Haaland may stay at Borussia Dortmund for another season, says Raiola
Erling Haaland’s agent Mino Raiola has claimed he and his client have a ‘clear idea’ of the striker’s future, insisting it is not certain that the Norwegian will leave Borussia Dortmund next summer.
The 21-year-old striker has been a standout player since his move to
Borussia Dortmundfrom
RB Salzburglast year, scoring 51 goals in 52 games for the Bundesliga outfit.
The Norway international has attracted interest from big clubs in Europe including
Real Madrid,
PSG,
Barcelona,
Manchester United, and
Manchester City, with sources claiming he has a €75 million buy-out clause that will be activated at the conclusion of the season.
In an interview with
Sport1published on Thursday,
Raiola
claimed:
"We have been thinking about his future for two years. We have clear ideas about where he should go and, of course, we look at what the market will offer.
"With a player like him, we can influence the market, we will not be influenced.
"I changed the transfer market and today we agents have created a new game alongside football: the transfer market. Today two days a week we talk about football, in the other five about the transfer market."
In the second half of the interview, which was released on Friday, Raiola named four clubs — Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester City – as the only ones that could afford to sign the striker.
Raiola, on the other hand, published a statement on Saturday trying to clarify his statements.
"I want to clarify the following about the Sport1 interview,"
a post on his
official Twitteraccount read
.
"The four clubs I mentioned about Haaland's future were just an example to say that, when he leaves, he will go to one of the top 15 European clubs."
Raiola also said Haaland may stay at Dortmund for another season.
"Now Erling's focus is solely on football, there are no negotiations with any club,"
Raiola
's statement continued
.
"And I reaffirm what I said – it's not a sure thing he will leave this summer [2022 off-season], maybe it will be the one after that."
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