Haaland's agent reveals why he chose Manchester City over Real Madrid

who was a target for

, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich joined

last summer. The 22-year-old striker already has scored 31 goals in just 27 matches for the English club, including 25 Premier League goals.

In an interview with AS newspaper, Rafaela Pimenta revealed two reasons why Haaland chose Pep Guardiola’s team.

“He came from a football family you know. His dad, he already played you know, so he grew up around that and you see the photos of him as an infant with the shirt of Manchester City.”

“So I think it was a personal thing, and then I think he also wanted to experience the Premier League too.”

Pimenta also was asked about Haaland’s future and the possibility of joining Real Madrid in the future.

“My hope is that he is always happy wherever he is. And today he is very happy at City. Tomorrow, we’ll have to think about it. It is not positive for a footballer to play one season thinking about the next. It’s like you start thinking about your next woman the day you get married [laughs]. Today, Haaland is ‘married’.”

Rafaela Pimenta worked with Mino Raiola for 25 years and took over his company from him after he died.

Pimenta claims that Haaland now is worth 1,000 million euros.

“We priced Pogba at 80 million and everyone said... it’s incredible! Today many are worth that. The top is at Neymar’s 222... The numbers change. For me, Haaland is worth 1,000 million. Maybe nobody is going to pay that, but he has the potential he has when he arrives at a club. With it come fans, goals, results, professionalism, digital content, notoriety, sponsors... If you put all this together, his value is an aggregate of many things.

But the price of a footballer is actually set by a club. I know that nobody is going to pay 700 million for a player, but I am very clear that the value that Erling adds when he arrives at a club is immense, at least 1,000 million.”

The Brazilian woman who used to work as a lawyer also praised Haaland's personality and described him as a hilarious and devoted boy.

“It is impossible to think of him and not smile. He is a hilarious boy. We both look at each other and start laughing, it’s inevitable. It’s one facet of him, the other is that he’s hyper-professional and serious about his work. I recently saw him at his house, I brought him a report from his social media... 84 pages of it. He did not want highlights, he wanted to read it in its entirety. After three hours without getting up, studying it, he suddenly said: “I’m starving, when will you let me eat something?” By God, Erling, you are at home, eat when you want! He is a very devoted boy.”

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