Unsurprising reports in Germany say that Erling Haaland has told Borussia Dortmund he will be leaving this summer, with Manchester City rumored to announce his arrival as soon as this week.
Haaland has an $80 million release clause with Dortmund has been linked to any club with money, but City always seemed likely to tug at his heart strings; His father, Alfie Haaland, played for Nottingham Forest, Leeds, and Man City between 1993-2003.
Assuming the report comes true — and there’s no reason to doubt it considering Man City’s flop at the UCL semifinal hurdle — Haaland may take some time to full learn Pep Guardiola’s system.
But there’s absolutely zero thought that he won’t score a ton of goals. Perhaps he won’t hit his goal-a-game numbers from Dortmund, though that’s not out of the question given his size and skill, but he’s going to at least do the numbers that Gabriel Jesus and Co. have produced under Guardiola.
Erling Haaland has thrived at every next step, from Molde to Salzburg to Norway and Dortmund, and the Premier League might be a step-up on a weekly basis but it’s not as a big a jump as the Austrian Bundesliga to the German Bundesliga.—AFP
