Should be all over this.
Erling Haaland / signs for Dortmund
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I'm still sceptical.
Is this guy any good?
Don't be. He's utter quality, his movement, finishing, strength. It's clear to anyone with eyes that he's a quality player.
His work in the box looks great. What's his general play like? Competent to play for an elite team?
Not saying that 60m is a good price, but the guy also scored 9 for the U21 NT, in one match. All of them were pretty good finishes.
The elite team comparison we have is 3 games in the CL, but he made Koulibaly looks silly.. so my judgement is: probably.
He's a team player, able to thread the ball to his teammates through defense. But my favorite thing is that he's faster than Daniel James.
Cheers - Way more convinced by this. His movement/stature is a mixture of Robben and Lewandowski (of course more raw)
Don't tell Trump, he'll probably try to sign them.
It's just that Norway rarely produce quality footballers and now we have Ødegård and possibly Haaland.
It's going to come crashing down.
He's Lukaku with a first touch and less cumbersome. Get him in.
It's a weird one. Do we let them recover from the previous summer and slowly build them up for next summer? Or do we go all out right now and risk overuse/overload injuries?
You don't have to see a player in the CL to see whether he's got the technical qualities.
Why is he Lukaku in the first place?
Seems like a big strong lad. Sign him up in January!
He's got huge potential. I could see us going for him next summer if Martial fails to perform as our #9 this year.
If not us then maybe Bayern to replace Lewandowski or Juventus to replace Ronaldo.
If not us then maybe Bayern to replace Lewandowski or Juventus to replace Ronaldo.
Big, strong, powerful striker with clinical finishing.
True, but I see these type of transfers as very pre-emptive. If Dortmund bought him for €6m and he started banging goals in the Bundesliga, his price would sky rocket to €80m+ and we'd all be trying to figure out "why we didn't buy him before he went to x"
This way we're trying to cut out that entire process and hoping (praying) it works in our favour.
Me too. Just not confident, we dont create like salzburg and the physical advantage goes away in PL.
But but he said Sancho was arrogant so clearly he’s very well informed
For a big lad he's got very good technical skill. Good vision and more importantly (which is rare for a player his age) he seems to make good decisions. He's not the finished article by any means, but his quality is very obvious. He's a beast, an explosive beast. Granted i'm basing this on his Champions League displays but i've watched every one and he's been excellent. I've been watching his career since his Molde days (due to Soccermanager).
You could be right. But Juventus also need a striker. Salzburg is a gorgeous place with identical climate to Turin. Glorious summers and snow but blue skies in winter. Erling can hop on a train in Turin and go visit his old pals in Salzburg any time. Raiola is involved with Haaland, perhaps as an advisor, and Raiola is in bed with Juventus.
I think the smart money would be on him choosing Juventus. But hopefully his bond with Ole is strong enough, and the fact he was born in Leeds, and the fact his dad was butchered by a Utd legend, might make him feel he has some need to prove himself in the Premier league.
Money doesn't matter, get him in. Guy is a generational talent, crazy skill set, physically dominant and comes from a footballing background.
If you were gunna bet on anyone to have a top, top career it would be him.
If you were gunna bet on anyone to have a top, top career it would be him.
Yeah, but even still, 60m is a big gamble on a guy with 23 senior goals and 9 goals against Honduras’ u21 team to his name.
I get that, but I just think the sample size is too small to pay 60m.
Agree, he should be our top target in the summer, maybe even in Jan and agree to let him stay where he is until summer.
He has 22 senior goals this season. 42 senior goals in all.
Very mobile for a big guy. The Ole link will sway him. Still young so he could turn out into a top striker, with that being said i think bringing in him along with Mandzukic to learn from would be awesome. Nothing better than learning from a decorated player.......
Fair price really. If he keeps it up, i wouldnt mind him and Odegaard teaming up here next season. Odegaard can take Mata's or Lingard's place and Haaland would replace Lukaku.
He's big but his style doesn't rely on physicality at all.
His pace movement and energy are far bigger to his game.
He's also not going to cry about the weather and feck off to Spain within 5 years also - that helps.
I think if you doubled the sample size, his value would double too. It's the right time to buy for any club looking at him that can afford him. Otherwise you'll be looking at figures similar to the Mbappe fee.
He will have to compete against a player of his age. If he's half the hype then he'll probably win
If the sample size becomes too big, he'll attract more suitors and we're then in a bidding war that we'll inevitably lose. And we'll be left asking exactly what it is our scouts do, & why we only bid for players when everyone else do.
It's a lose/lose situation.
What’s the chances of us signing him in January but letting Salzburg keep him till the summer?
Similar to what Chelsea done with Dortmund for Pulisic
Similar to what Chelsea done with Dortmund for Pulisic
No, they are just repeating the claims from Italy. Nothing new at all.
Forgot who said it but he’s not faster than fecking Daniel James 
Calm down.
Calm down.
He’s a huge talent and his progress the last couple of months reminds me of a young Zlatan. His speed and movements is top notch for such a tall player in his age.
I’m not sure going to United so early in his career is the wisest thing to do but I can be wrong, maybe he’s ready to take such a big step. Maybe some of our Norwegian friends have better insights.
I like him. There are similarities with Zlatan on the field, probably not outside. Zlatan was a warrior and a fighter from the very first second, that’s a unique quality. If Erling has only a fraction of that mentality he can go as far as he wants, only injuries will stop him.
I’m not sure going to United so early in his career is the wisest thing to do but I can be wrong, maybe he’s ready to take such a big step. Maybe some of our Norwegian friends have better insights.
I like him. There are similarities with Zlatan on the field, probably not outside. Zlatan was a warrior and a fighter from the very first second, that’s a unique quality. If Erling has only a fraction of that mentality he can go as far as he wants, only injuries will stop him.
Actually...Forgot who said it but he’s not faster than fecking Daniel James
Calm down.
He's rapid. Like seriously fast.
I bet Messi never scored 9 vs Honduras U21!
You're going to have to pay what it takes to beat the other big clubs to good or promising players.
That would be scenes. I think odegaard will go back to RM though, he's tearing the league up.
I know he’s very fast. Just not faster than Dan James. Unless there are any numbers on the latter’s top speed?
First result on google.
How fast can Daniel James run?
To quantify how quick James is, he was clocked last season at 36km/h - the same speed as Kylian Mbappe and quicker than Theo Walcott's personal best. For what it's worth, Arjen Robben's holds the record for a footballer with 37km/h, while Usain Bolt - in his own mind a footballer - has touched speeds of 44.7 km/h.
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