Erling Haaland ‘ready to leave’ Man City after deciding destination for huge summer transfer
A dramatic report has claimed that Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will leave the club next summer and has just two potential destinations after ruling out another.
Haaland tore up the Premier League in his first two seasons with Man City and already has double figures of goals in his third. However, some spectacular claims have emerged that this could be his last campaign with the club.
The Norway international is apparently ‘ready to leave’ Man City and ‘has already decided what his future will be’, according to Spanish source Nacional.
The first strong suitors mentioned in the report are Paris Saint-Germain, who could make a mega-money offer to convince the 24-year-old to move to Ligue 1.
However, any such attempt is likely to fall on deaf ears, with the report explaining that Haaland has rejected this route in favour of a move to LaLiga instead.
His only potential takers there would be Real Madrid – who dream of pairing him up with Kylian Mbappe – and Barcelona, who would have to find a way to finance the move but believe they could be the more tempting destination.
Part of Haaland’s reasoning for wanting to move to LaLiga, it is explained, is so that he can continue his development among the elite, with Real Madrid and Barcelona obviously being two of the most illustrious clubs in the sport’s history.
Haaland remains under contract at the Etihad Stadium until 2027, but worries about him viewing Barcelona or Real Madrid as a step up have been on the back of City fans’ minds for a while.
Just last week, sources informed TEAMtalk that Haaland would be willing to sign a new contract with City, although he would want a release clause included in it to facilitate a potential future move.
While Nacional are claiming Haaland has decided to leave City in 2025, our understanding is that a move next year is actually unlikely and 2026 would be the more likely year for him to make a move.
After all, it would be nigh-on impossible for Barcelona to have Robert Lewandowski and Haaland in the same squad at the same time, and it currently appears that the former will be staying in Catalonia next season as well.
However, it can be confirmed that they do think they can convince him to choose them as his next step in the long run.
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Haaland would leave a major void in the Man City attack, especially after the decision to sell and not replace his deputy Julian Alvarez a few months ago.
One candidate to replace him, according to recent reports, could be the lethal Sporting CP hitman Viktor Gyokeres.
