What Raiola’s travels to Spain indicated for Haaland’s future

Erling Haaland is the talk of the footballing world right now, and has been since the beginning of the calendar year. The player’s agent, Mino Raiola was reportedly in Barcelona the day before yesterday in the morning, and met with the representatives of the club. 

Before the Camp Nou faithful could get over excited about Raiola’s presence in the city, the agent and Erling Haaland’s father travelled to Madrid in the afternoon to discuss matters with the representatives of Real Madrid, their arch rivals and competitors in the race for Haaland. 

While nothing has been agreed between either club, the point of the meeting was to sit down and discuss the project, the future and the prospect of Erling Haaland moving to their club from Borussia Dortmund. As mentioned by Fabrizio Romano on his social media handles, the race is indeed going to be a long one for the 20-year-old. 

Dortmund are well aware of the situation surrounding their prized asset and will not accept any bid less than €150 million this summer. That amount will have to go down by half next summer, since the release clause in his contract comes into play and will be worth €70 million. 

Whether or not Dortmund choose to part ways with the Norwegian international will also depend on their position at the end of the season, their Champions League qualification in particular. 

Premier League clubs of the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool are the only other major clubs in the market for a striker and have the ability to spend the sort of money required to sign a talent like Haaland.