Barcelona are still €1.5 billion in debt right? How could they finance a circa €250-300mil package for Haaland?Haaland to Barca sounds like could be happening.
Will be interesting to see what Barca look like in a years time.
I think City and RM are the most likely options, but Chelsea and us (if we manage to salvage the season and get CL) will be in the mix too when summer comes. I can't see how Barca can afford him or how he could choose PSG or any other team outside LaLiga or EPL. Bayern could happen, but it would be very surprising.Barcelona are still €1.5 billion in debt right? How could they finance a circa €250-300mil package for Haaland?
By borrowing even more from Goldman Sachs. They keep on lending them money. At the rate they're going they're going to own the club soon.Barcelona are still €1.5 billion in debt right? How could they finance a circa €250-300mil package for Haaland?
€1,350M gross debt - €675M net debt before the transfer market.Barcelona are still €1.5 billion in debt right?
If Barcelona are able to get rid of some players and lower the wage bill (Umtiti, Coutinho, Dembele), then they would have room for Haaland.How could they finance a circa €250-300mil package for Haaland?
Doesn't stop them signing players.Barcelona are still €1.5 billion in debt right? How could they finance a circa €250-300mil package for Haaland?
Nobody cares if Ancelotti managed Everton, he didn't become famous for managing Everton, people recognize him for managing AC Milan,Real Madrid and Chelsea.I mean that's fine & that's your opinion.
All I say is that I don't see why if his dad played for our biggest rivals - why would he not move to such a strong club in their prime where he can go help them win a CL?
Why wouldn't he want to play under Pep? Why would he want to play for City in the future when we have no idea who their manager might be?
Instead he wants to go to Real Madrid under a manager like Ancelotti who was an Everton coach in the PL - wants to share the limelight with Mbappe, wants to play with ageing players like kroos and modric etc.
Madrid maybe the biggest club in the world but they are not playing or looking like a CL finalist these days; whilst Liverpool, Chelsea and City are.
I don't need to even start with Barcelona.
Sure he always wanted to go to La Liga as he has said - but again I don't see why he wouldn't do this after moving to City when they are in a sort of prime and needing a striker. Not sharing the limelight with Mbappe at Madrid and then moving to the PL after.
The only reason I see him doing this is because he is excited about demolishing a league that is in a slightly weak state compared to going to PL when it's the toughest state.
Exactly.Ronaldo left United when the league was dominating the CL in similar fashion and moved to a Madrid that failed to progress past the CL 1/16 for 6 years.
Players give much less of a shit about the fabled competition of the PL than most of this league’s followers seem to think. As long as they get top dosh and a decent chance to compete for the CL, that’s all they need to know, otherwise you wouldn’t see players moving to PSG.
Madrid made the CL semi last season, there’s no reason to believe that they can’t compete with a few top signings, Haaland himself included.
We'd soon turn him into a poor man's Lukaku anyway.Thank God that this fecker won't even consider us so I shouldn't worry to much about him coming over.
It'll ruin us if he somehow came over here just for the money , I genuinely don't get why so many of our fans are wet dreaming about him
Not arguing with your point at all as madrid are capable of getting whomever they want but for the sake of being pedanticExactly.
Real Madrid will always attract quality players.
They took peak Owen from Liverpool, peak Ronaldo and Beckham from United, peak Zidane from Juventus, peak Figo from Barcelona, peak Kroos from Bayern Munich,etc... but somehow they can't attract Haaland from Borussia Dortmund...
WHAT? Yeah, i call that bs.
Plus, players don't give f about the state of the league, as soon as they get paid a lot.
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Same here. I hope he goes to Barcelona so we can focus on transfers that actually make sense for the longtermThank God that this fecker won't even consider us so I shouldn't worry to much about him coming over.
It'll ruin us if he somehow came over here just for the money , I genuinely don't get why so many of our fans are wet dreaming about him
Him and barca are a marriage made in hell, so hopefully they do us a favor.Same here. I hope he goes to Barcelona so we can focus on transfers that actually make sense for the longterm
Mbappe's fulfilling his dream, while it's just the next logical step on the Haaland tour saving his prime years for England.Interesting that he and Mbappe are likely to end up in La Liga. Despite all the bluster about the strength of the Premier League it still isn't the go to league for the world's very best.
They hired the Iraqi minister of Communication Baghdad Bob/Comical Ali to feed their networks. It's just the usual Barcelona bullcrap tapping into their informant network to give an impression of normalcy.Not that I'm arsed if he goes to Barcelona, but I'm curious how a club that not long ago had to give pay cuts to staff, and has huge debts, could afford him?
I think it was a La Liga cap/rule on wages to income spend - in a year/based on accounts which were impacted by covid/no fans in the stadium. Debt doesn't factor into who FFP, i don't think, so doesn't factor into who they are able to sign - barring having the cash in the bank to do so. Their "income" levels, from what i understand, should return to normal'ish levels again (fans in the stadium etc) so they will have space on their wage bill for him since Messi is no longer there and they're trying hard to get the likes of Coutinho and Griezmann (permanently) off their wage bill. Dembele, from what i last read, has also not signed a renewal yet. I could be wrong re all of the above because that's just all based on memory from what I read on here. I still don't think it'll happen. It might all just be PR as Haaland will be massively expensive from what Raiola is demanding.Not that I'm arsed if he goes to Barcelona, but I'm curious how a club that not long ago had to give pay cuts to staff, and has huge debts, could afford him?
Warm weather + lifestyle + it's easier to dominate Elche away than Crystal Palace and when La Liga's still 2nd most popular league in the world that will likely result in individual trophies and help their 'brand' grow.Interesting that he and Mbappe are likely to end up in La Liga. Despite all the bluster about the strength of the Premier League it still isn't the go to league for the world's very best.
I reckon this could be a poor move for City. I feel this could disrupt them as the entire focus would be on getting the ball, in transition to Halaand, which he thrives on, and that isn't their game. He will face a lot more teams with his back to goal, static in twenty yards from the goal.Let's hope the Spanish clubs still have their pull. Typically whenever we wanted a star like Haalaand they'd pipe up :@
I've been thinking (hoping) the same. Pep's side sets up without any one real 'focal point' and Haaland risks upsetting that. Or maybe I'm just wishful thinking.I reckon this could be a poor move for City. I feel this could disrupt them as the entire focus would be on getting the ball, in transition to Halaand, which he thrives on, and that isn't their game. He will face a lot more teams with his back to goal, static in twenty yards from the goal.
On the other hand, it'll probably be fine as he is very talented but these "dead cert to be a success" moves don't usually work in reality.
Probably the latter but I think City are best when the focal point rotates and is hard to pin down and mark. A giant Nordic target man up top means they can shut this avenue down. Same as Grealish, he's been, by all accounts a flop. Will win a PL title and some trophies but has added very little to City's team.I've been thinking (hoping) the same. Pep's side sets up without any one real 'focal point' and Haaland risks upsetting that. Or maybe I'm just wishful thinking.
Maybe for South Americans and South Europeans, but not for scandies. PL is by far the most watches and followed league in the Scandinavian countries.Barca and real are still the biggest draws in World football. It's been like this for 20 years.
Have you heard that from Haalands mouth? His agent is out there pimping, trying to attract as many as possible to the table when the clause kicks in. The usual pundits take every bait of course. Nothing will be decided before all offers are on the table.Haaland wants Spain doesn't he? That's what the word was. Think he will come to the PL after he's been there first.
I think you're right, but at the same time they put in so many crosses and with his movement he'd score bucketloads.I reckon this could be a poor move for City. I feel this could disrupt them as the entire focus would be on getting the ball, in transition to Halaand, which he thrives on, and that isn't their game. He will face a lot more teams with his back to goal, static in twenty yards from the goal.
On the other hand, it'll probably be fine as he is very talented but these "dead cert to be a success" moves don't usually work in reality.
