Hey guys, first post and I am gonna jump directly into the Haaland train.
There are several reasons, why we shouldn't buy him. Of course, all of them were already mentioned, but I want to add a rather specific
one, which I think wasn't focused on enough.
First: As depressing as it sounds, our chances to bypass Real, City, PSG or Bayern in this transfer are rather small to non existent.
Especially the first three are able to fulfill Raiolas greedy demands, and I think we shouldn't kneefall in front of him, even if that means, that we will miss out on the most exciting striker prospect on the market.
Second: As promising as this kid looks, and I watched him quite often, as I am from Germany and I like Borussia Dortmund quite well, I think that there are several questionmarks around him. I know it's early days, but he does seem prone for minor injuries, which is no surpirse at all given his playstyle. The intensity of schedule in the Prem and on the pitch are certainly higher than in the Bundesliga, and it is possible, that he will remain injury prone. His attitude is also a thing to discuss. While big self esteem may help to become one of the best strikers in the world, it rather often backfires. He acts like he is already the best, which is concerning given his age. Borussia Dormtunds playstyle, of course with minor exceptions, make player look better, than they actually are. Which is where we come to what I think it's the most overlooked argument against Haaland. The amounts of space he has when he plays for Borussia. There lies undoubtly his biggest strength: a dynamic, strong and fast steamroll, given he has the space to roll. Under Ragnick as a coach and later on as a directive, we'll prefer to play possession based footy. While Haaland is still dangeorus in tighter spaces, in this segment of the game, he looks way less a worldbeater, than in his overall performance. And this segment of the game will become the most important one, especially if he moves to City, Bayern, Madrid or us. So there is no guarentee, that he will continue banging goals for fun and therefore not worth the financial burden he brings with him.
So my conlusion is, that we should rather go for a striker who is physically strong, but also technically gifted and has a great hold up play. In the long run, this will suit our playstyle way more, than an explosive and dynamic striker. With the money we would spend on Haaland, we just could fill the gaps in our squad, which is utterly nedeed.