Three reasons Barcelona did not sign Erling Haaland
The Catalans are trying to count the beans and so it did not make sense to splurge
“If Haaland goes to Man City it will be because of finances, I have no doubt,” said Xavi. And the Norwegian is doing just that. There are three reasons that Barcelona discarded the signing of the striker.
Commissions: 100 million euros. Barcelona did not want to pay that much. Typical costs are 5 per cent and in exceptional cases 10 per cent. So on a 75m euros transfer, between 4-10m. However Mino Raiola’s agency want 50 million and the player’s father 50.
Salary: 30 million euros. Barcelona cannot afford huge salaries. At Man City he will earn 600k a week. That is not within Barcelona’s possibilities, and they are also trying to bring some rationality to their salary structure - Messi, Griezmann and Coutinho leaving helps with that. All the renewals have been made with far better parameters - six million euros a season at most.
Release clause: Haaland’s agents asked for a 150m euro clause for the second season. That means he can leave if things are not going as he hoped. Both Madrid and Barcelona said no to this. The Catalans are putting 1 billion clauses on their players.
These three conditions have led Haaland not coming to the club and instead heading to England to join Man City. Lewandowski - 40m plus 20m max in salary is a better option.
