Barca's Plan B to sign Dortmund's Erling Haaland

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Barca's Plan B to sign Dortmund's Erling Haaland

Haaland bossman / | sport

The Norwegian forward has a contract clause that allows a 75m euro price tag

Barcelona have a plan B to sign Erlng Haaland. It’s waiting a year and getting him for the 75 million clause in his deal in the summer of 2022. Laporta knows it’s hard to pay 150 million euros, at least, in this market for the Borussia Dortmund hitman.

Plan B has risk attached. Haaland wants to move this summer and other big clubs may pounce. Madrid, City, United, Liverpool. However his agent Mino Raiola doesn’t mind the option of waiting a year. In fact he proposed it to Laporta on Thursday when they met.

Barca have two factors that favour them in the search for Haaland. One is that the Norwegian wants to come to Spain. He thinks he has more hopes of titles than in the Premier League. And the second is that he and his father know that Madrid want Kylian Mbappe and he is the second option. And that doesn’t suit him, not being the No 1 choice.

The race for Haaland is just beginning. In the coming weeks and months the auction will be tremendous. And rumours will only increase.

Barca believe in their chances of getting him this summer but Plan B, if it’s not affordable, will be to wait.

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