Man City star Haaland makes exit ‘decision’ amid Man United ‘record offer’ as ‘two main candidates’ lead race

Man City star Haaland makes exit ‘decision’ amid Man United ‘record offer’ as ‘two main candidates’ lead race

According to reports, Erling Haaland is looking to leave Manchester City and ‘two main candidates’ are leading the race to sign him.

With Man City, Haaland has perhaps cemented his status as the world’s top striker.

In his 104 appearances for the Premier League champions in all competitions, he has scored 99 goals.

For roughly £51 million, the 24-year-old transferred from Borussia Dortmund to Man City during the summer transfer window of 2021.

The international player from Norway is under contract until 2027, although there are strong rumors that he may depart.

This is in line with the beginning of Man City’s earlier this week Financial Fair Play hearing.

They risk being kicked out of the Premier League if found guilty. Although it seems doubtful, Haaland would move on and Man City would undoubtedly lose the majority of their best players.

A report earlier this month claimed Haaland has already ‘expressed his desire’ to leave Man City and his starting price could be set at around 120 million euros.

A report in Spain claims rivals Man Utd and Chelsea ‘were ready to make a record offer’ to sign the forward, but he ‘does not want to continue in the Premier League’.

Haaland is said to have ‘clarified many of the unknowns surrounding his future and ‘has made it clear that he is ready for a new challenge away from the Premier League’.

The report claims this ‘decision represents a real earthquake’ in the transfer market as he’s ‘set off alarms’ at elite European clubs.

With Man Utd and Chelsea out of the picture (they weren’t in it in the first place), the report claims there are ‘two main candidates’ leading the race the sign Haaland from Man City.

‘The forward has already communicated to his agent, Rafaela Pimenta, that his priority is to explore options in other major European leagues.

‘Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are two of the main candidates to get his services. In the case of Madrid, for years Florentino Pérez has dreamed of joining Haaland and Kylian Mbappé in the same team, forming a pair that would be unstoppable in Europe.

‘On the other hand, Barça, under the direction of Hansi Flick, has expressed its interest in making a galactic signing, and the Norwegian would be the perfect name to return the Catalan club to the elite of world football