For next season, Manchester City would be “so close” to complete the transfer of a huge crack.
It’s no longer a surprise for anyone, Manchester City wants to recruit a goalscorer for the coming season. After circling around Harry Kane last summer, the Sky Blues now seem to have a touch with little Argentinian prodigy Julian Alvarez. A transfer for just under 20 million euros is even already in the pipeline according to the British press. But the Premier League leader is also keeping an eye on the Erling Haaland phenomenon, whose market value is around 150 million euros.
Asked on social networks about the track leading to the Norwegian, the former Mancunian Shaun Goater may have spilled the beans. A former teammate of Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge, at Manchester City for three seasons, he wouldn’t mind seeing his friend’s son join the Sky Blues. On Twitter, the Englishman – now a youth coach at City – swung: “We are so close (to signing Haaland). I’m doing my best “. To be continued…