So how much is this release clause and why haven’t we paid it already?
£50m - Doesn’t come in until 2023
You don’t negotiate that out of the contract in 18 months. Raiola and Haaland senior make their money by moving him often. They’re going to milk his career instead of letting him create a legacy somewhere.
Didn’t Suarez have one and Liverpool just rejected the bid and realised it was legal here anyway?
On Haaland, I got a couple of messages from an agent last week who wanted to correct me for something I had said on The Transfer Show.
He was watching and messaged me while we were on air. We had been discussing United's search for a striker and I made the wholly unoriginal point that they should have paid whatever it took to sign Haaland - the same Haaland who has scored seven times in his first three games for Borussia Dortmund.
He told me that United had no chance of signing Haaland. He said he had known the striker since he was a five-year-old boy and it had always been his dream to play in Germany.
According to the agent, Haaland will play in the Premier League one day but the plan was always for him to move to the Bundesliga last month.
So, as far as United are concerned, it's not a case of what might have been but a case of what could still be.
57 goals in 98 games at 19 years old. His goal scoring is unreal right now.
They have a terrific attacking line up with Brandt and Reus as well. Their midfield isn’t too shabby with Dahoud, Witsel and the addition of Can strengthens them.Before last night someone said based on his scoring rate in Germany if Lewendowski had scored at the rate he was scoring at this season he'd be on 91 goals.
Haaland has scored more Bundesliga goals since Xmas than most of the teams in that league.
Obviously at some point it'll settle down but that side is scoring goals for fun you can see why he wanted to go there and you wonder with him there will a player like Sancho think stay another season and lets see if they can get a title next year.
Apparently we have known since March last year. It's a joke to be honest. This club is run so badly in terms of the football side.If that is true and given the source of it I'm not saying it is why wasn't there a proper plan for January we've known since August we needed a striker so how did we get to the last minute dash. Always hard to find a good striker in January unless you are prepared to pay a buyout clause to get someone.
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