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“It’s not true. He doesn’t have a release clause for Real Madrid or any other team. It’s not true, that’s all I can say,” Pep Guardiola stated when requested about his hanging sensation, Erling Haaland. Then he stated extra.
“We can’t control the rumours and what people say. We can only worry about things that we can control. The important thing is that he has adapted really well. I have a feeling that he’s incredibly happy here. And we will try to make him and the other people who want to stay here happy. This is the most important thing.
“At the end, what’s going to happen in the future? Who knows? Nobody knows. The important thing is that he’s happy, he’s perfectly settled and loved by everyone.”
Guardiola has a colossus in his arms at Manchester City and his statements after his footballer’s newest show in the Champions League (he has, as a certified, 28 targets in 22 fits in the pageant), grew to become the soccer marketplace the wrong way up.
Does Haaland have a free up clause at Man City?
In the places of work of Real Madrid, the present state of affairs of Haaland, which Guardiola tries to air in accordance to his personal model, is of little fear. The information that has reached the board, thru 3rd events, is that the clause that Guardiola tries to deny is signed and would possibly permit the Norwegian to go away City, after two years, for 180 million euros.
“There is nothing specific signed,” insisted the City trainer. A refusal an identical to that of Hans-Joaquim Watke, CEO of Borussia, every time he was once requested about the Haaland case there. “There is no clause”, he repeated again and again to take the force off his participant again then, and on the membership itself, whilst making an attempt to renew his contract through taking away that clause.
But the truth then, like now, was once very other. Haaland had a clause signed at Dortmund that allowed him to go away for 60 million, which City gladly brought about closing summer season. To that we simplest had to upload 30 million (in two equivalent bills) in fee to the participant’s father and the corporate of the overdue Mino Raiola, his agent. What has transpired amongst the large golf equipment in Europe that dominate the marketplace, and likewise for Real Madrid, is that Raiola, simply as he did with Haaland in Salzburg and Dortmund, integrated a free up clause after the first two years of the contract that may be activated beneath sure stipulations.
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Real Madrid’s position on Haaland
This information that I relay to you explains why within Real Madrid there is total calm about the Haaland case. The strategy continues as planned. Benzema will win the Ballon d’Or in a few days and will extend his contract for another year until 2024. Then it will be time for Real Madrid to explore the contractual possibilities that would allow them to sign Haaland. But of course, before doing that the club will have to convince the player of the move. That will be key. Persuading him that the sunny Spanish capital is more attractive than Manchester and that what is on offer there for his career and prestige, despite the fortunes being thrown his way by the City oil-slickers, is so much better.
Haaland wanted to come to Los Blancos last summer, but he was aware (advised by his father, a former City player, and by Raiola) that, with Benzema in place, there was little room to develop in the short term. However, the contacts between Madrid, Raiola and his father were maintained until the very last moment to keep the door of the Bernabéu open for the striker.
It will simplest be an issue of re-analyzing the state of affairs when 2024 arrives. Haaland has a freelance till 2027, however Madrid is aware of the trail that leads him away previous.