Barcelona seems to be seriously considering the possibility of signing Manchester City’s star forward, Erling Haaland, as part of its strategy to strengthen its attack and plan for the future, this being the big bomb that the Barça team would seek to make in future windows of the season. transfer market.
According to reports in the English press, Haaland has become the favorite option of Joan Laporta, the president of Barcelona, and coach Xavi Hernández to reinforce their squad, being a name that has been in the sights of the Catalan team, as well as a Real Madrid that would be the great rival at the moment to acquire the services of the 23-year-old Norwegian striker, who is on his way to breaking all historical scoring records in the coming years.
High but affordable price
The signing of Haaland, however, would not be an easy task for Barcelona given its current financial situation, since Haaland’s current contract includes a clause of 150 million euros to release the player from his contract with Manchester City as of summer of 2025, just when Lewandowski could leave the Camp Nou, which is where the Barça team would try to enter the scene to launch its offer and try to turn Haaland into the club’s new offensive reference for many years.