The reason why Real Madrid rejected Erling Haaland is revealed
Erling Haaland was reportedly discarded by Madrid when all efforts were focused on Kylian Mbappé. The Norwegian had intended to play in Spain, but ended up at Manchester City.
A few days before playing the final of the Champions League in Paris, where Real Madrid would win its fourteenth title, the club would suffer a blow after the announcement of the renewal of Kylian Mbappé with Paris Saint-Germain until the summer of 2025. The Frenchman had been the big bet of Los Blancos for the transfer market, which had led them to discard Erling Haaland.
This has been assured by the journalist specialized in German soccer, Miguel Gutiérrez, adding that the Norwegian's goal was to play in Spain, but the club's efforts in another operation left aside this possibility: "Haaland's first option was the Spanish league, but Real Madrid did not want to sign him. Madrid made a mistake by not signing Haaland”.
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In the end, the then Borussia Dortmund player, whose contract had a release clause worth 75 million euros, plus hefty signing bonuses and commissions to his agent, opted to sign for Manchester City. In fact, the Nordic has already begun to excite the fans of the 'Cityzens' after scoring with Pep's team.
Haaland has just scored a brace against West Ham United, one goal coming from a penalty and the other finishing a play in which he was assisted by Kevin de Bruyne, showing his good physical condition despite a series of recurring injuries that led several of the clubs interested in signing him to doubt about the cost of the Norwegian.
Madrid could still try to sign Haaland
Despite initially ruling him out, Los Blancos would still intend to go for the striker again, in search of a 'possible replacement for Karim Benzema. However, the terms would be totally different. The president of Madrid, Florentino Perez, in an interview for 'El Chiringuito' has explained the reasons why it was not possible to approach this signing: "We have the best center forward in the world and at this moment he was incompatible with Haaland”.
