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Joan Laporta and Deco are increasingly clear that Barça needs a franchise player, a world star who will make a difference and allow them to dream of competing for the Champions League again. And it is that the void left by Leo Messi remains unfilled, to the point that there is not even a footballer in the squad who wears number 10. And at the moment, the player who comes closest to this profile is Erling Haaland , who could change his mind next summer.
And the Norwegian striker has already realized that at Manchester City he will never receive the treatment of a world star that he would have in the Spanish League. The test was the Ballon d’Or , which went to Leo Messi when he had won the treble.
Pep Guardiola ‘s statements were added , which did not go down well with Haaland’s surroundings. “We win the treble and he scored a million goals. Messi’s worst season is the best for the rest of the players. They both deserve it. I actually want Haaland to take it for everything he has helped us achieve , I would love it, but Messi won the World Cup,” the coach said.
Those around Haaland believe that neither Manchester City nor their coach have campaigned enough for the Norwegian to win a Ballon d’Or which, in their opinion, should have gone to the striker.
Haaland for Mbappé, the change of Florentino Pérez
It has not escaped anyone’s attention that recently Rafael Pimienta , Erling Haaland’s representative, let himself be seen by the Santiago Bernabéu , an important gesture to which we must add the recent information from the Cadena Ser in which it was assured that Real Madrid has decided to give up the signing of Kylian Mbappé next summer.
Real Madrid would have changed the objective, considering that the Frenchman is not trustworthy and that what the team really needs is a pure striker to form a deadly trident alongside Bellingham and Vinícius .
Real Madrid, therefore, would have started moving threads to sign Haaland, who could leave Manchester City for an amount close to 180 million euros . Florentino Pérez has the money ready, he has had it since last summer, when Mbappé resigned to force his departure from PSG .
De Jong, key in the signing of Haaland
Faced with this situation, Barça will not stand idly by and will try to get ahead of Real Madrid. The Blaugrana team, of course, has the problem of money, since at the moment it does not have 180 million euros to sign Haaland. It is taken for granted that Robert Lewandowski will leave next summer, to the United States or Saudi Arabia, a transfer for which Barça expects to receive between 30 and 40 million euros.
The key operation, however, is that of Frenkie de Jong , who continues to fail to convince Deco. The Dutchman, it must be remembered, is the highest paid player in the squad, a status he does not demonstrate on the field of play. De Jong is in the orbit of Bayern Munich, which could reach up to 100 million euros, opening the doors to Barça for Haaland.
Source: El Nacional
