Erling Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge, and his agent, Mino Raiola, have been photographed after landing in Barcelona amid speculation over a reported £154m move.
The 20-year-old has scored 49 goals in as many games for Borussia Dortmund since arriving from RB Salzburg last January, with Real Madrid, Manchester United, City, and Chelsea all rumoured to be interested in the prolific forward.
According to various reports, Barcelona’s new president, Joan Laporta, has jumped the queue of European giants eager to acquire Haaland’s services, as potentially evidenced by the photos.
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“With Haaland, everybody was wrong,” Raiola said. “He did things much quicker than everybody imagined. Haaland is in front of his own development.
“He is ahead of his own schedule. Maybe I was too careful when I said, ‘Oh no, let’s move to Dortmund instead of I-don’t-know-where’.
“This boy — I’m 100 per cent convinced and everybody’s convinced — can move to any club, wherever he wants, already on this level. And he could have done that last year.
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“But maybe last year there were still teams (saying), ‘Oh, he was in Red Bull (Salzburg), can he do it in another club?’ He is quicker than his own prediction. So yeah, Haaland is the talk of the town.”
