The Bundesliga side want to convince Haaland to stay, doubling his contract and removing the transfer clause that would see him leave the club this summer. But now they want clarity on the situation. If they said ‘it's good that the Raiola advises the player, it'll be easy for us,’ then I'd have a problem.”ĭortmund's directors don't hate Raiola, and they were glad to do a deal with him back in December 2019. These being from the USA: Ten Statistics to Ruin Your Day. “If they hate me, then it's the biggest compliment for me. I just know very well what value my players have and what the clubs need. “The sporting directors hate me? How come? I've never sat with a gun on the table in negotiations. I am ready to do anything, as I would for my sons," he said. In the same interview, Raiola said he actually likes it when sporting directors hate him. The plan he signed up for when he appointed Raiola as his agent. This transfer talk is not a shock for Haaland. The language is telling: "We all knew that this step would come." But there is a great chance that Erling will leave this summer. Maybe this summer, maybe the summer after. "When we moved to Dortmund, we all knew that this step would come.
City has won the championship five times in recent years, significantly more than United. "Bayern, Real, Barcelona, City - these are the big clubs he can go to.
"He can and will take the next step," Raiola told Sport1 in December. So when he lists potential suitors for a summer 2022 transfer, that is only because that is something he has likely spoken to his client about too. When Raiola talks to the media about Haaland's future, he is speaking on his client's behalf. If the 21-year-old is annoyed at the media speculation regarding his future and the pressure he is feeling at Dortmund about making a decision, he only has himself and Raiola to blame. Raiola had a plan for the striker's career and that plan has worked splendidly so far, making Haaland into one of the most sought-after players in world football.īut having someone like Raiola as an agent does not come without its drawbacks for Haaland.
Soon after, super agent Mino Raiola came on the scene and brokered the deal that took Haaland to Red Bull Salzburg. Molde wanted £4 million for a player who would have joined the Leeds academy rather than the first team at the time, and West Yorkshire outfit decided not to gamble. When he was 17 and playing for Molde, Haaland visited Leeds with his father, Alf-Inge, to discuss a potential move to Elland Road. His own decisions have led to this point - where all anyone inside and outside Borussia Dortmund is focused on is Haaland's future. If all Haaland wants to do is play football, though, he has gone the wrong way about doing it. All I want to do is to play football, but I can't do that now." "I have said from the beginning that I want to focus on football, because that is when I am at my best, not when other things come into my mind. So that means I have to make a decision soon. "They press me to make a decision now about my future.