The image was rescued this Tuesday (10). Erling Haaland leaves the field in 2021, after a match between his team, Borussia Dortmund, against Manchester City, with an opponent’s shirt in his hand.
Another image shown several times was of the striker, then a teenager, wearing the shirt of his new club.
City announced that they had “a principle of agreement” with the German club to have the 21-year-old Norwegian top scorer. In the last two seasons, Pep Guardiola has tried to get a new number 9 and has not been able to. This time he got the most coveted position player in the European market.
The transaction will initially cost US$ 62.8 million (R$ 322 million). Depending on the goals reached, the value may jump another US$ 12.3 million (R$ 63.6 million).
The total amount, even if it reaches US$ 75.1 million (R$ 385.7 million), is low for a player that Dortmund have already said, in the past, that they intend to negotiate only for more than US$ 100 million ( R$512.6 million). Last year, City paid US$123.20 million (R$631.4 million at today’s rate) to remove Jack Grealish from Aston Villa.
Excluding the conditional values for performance, Haaland is only the tenth most expensive transaction in the history of the English team – which belongs to a company linked to the UAE’s royal family and has already been accused of accounting schemes and sponsorship contracts with companies in the same group. to circumvent financial fair play.
Haaland cost less than full-back Benjamin Mendy (R$328 million in 2017, updated value), midfielder Rodri (R$353 million in 2019), striker Raheem Sterling (R$360 million in 2015), defender Aymeric Laporte (R$369 million in 2019), full-back João Cancelo (R$369 million in 2019), attacking midfielder Riyad Mahrez (R$385 million in 2018), defender Rubén Dias (R$384 million in 2020), midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (R$431.5 million in 2015) and Jack Grealish.
Without the performance incentive, Haaland is the 44th most expensive transfer in football history. If put in the $12.3 million more of goals accomplished, he will go on to be the 37th most valuable player of all time. The record is still the purchase of Neymar by PSG: US$ 273.5 million paid to Barcelona (R$ 1.4 billion, updated) in 2017.
“The pandemic has changed the market. Not all clubs can make the same investments as before. That’s why it’s not for anyone to spend 100 million or 200 million euros on a player. You have to be careful”, defined Italian Antonio Conte , now manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
Of the 20 most expensive transfers of all time, only four have taken place since 2020, when the pandemic began. In addition to Grealish, striker Lukaku ended up being bought by Chelsea for R$615 million, midfielder Jadon Sancho went to Manchester United for R$460.5 million and Chelsea also invested R$454 million (all values updated) by the striker. Kai Havertz.
Two players who could have made the market explode left their clubs for free: Lionel Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain, and Cristiano Ronaldo left Juventus for Manchester United.
This was despite the momentary drop in revenue that the teams had in 2020, at the height of Covid-19, both with box office and with sponsors.
Haaland has always called himself a Manchester City fan because, when he was born, his father, defender Alf-Inge Haaland, played for the club. It is not known to what extent the sentimental factor weighed, but there is also the fact that the two other teams that disputed his signing, PSG and Real Madrid, chose Mbappé as their priority – the French want to keep him. The Spaniards, hire him.
The arrival of Haaland is a move by City to finally win the Champions League. Almost two weeks ago, the team conceded two goals in stoppage time, another in extra time and ended up being eliminated by Real Madrid in the semifinals. In 2021, he lost the decision to Chelsea.
Since 2008, when the Manchester team was bought by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the UAE’s royal family, US$ 2.56 billion has been spent on reinforcements (R$ 13.10 billion in current values) on signings. . Since then, the team has won the Premier League five times (it is close to winning the sixth), but it has failed in the biggest European tournament.
Haaland completes a club search over the past two seasons. Guardiola tried Tottenham’s Harry Kane. The player wanted the transfer, but there was no deal. Cristiano Ronaldo was close, but United went through the negotiation. Haaland, for youth, is also a long-term investment.
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