Borussia Dortmund: Haaland apparently gives Manchester City the contract

Stand: 12.03.2022 | Reading time: 3 minutes

NAccording to a report in the Daily Mail, English champions Manchester City are about to sign striker Erling Haaland. Accordingly, the personal details have been clarified with the 21-year-old, his father Alf-Inge and advisor Mino Raiola. The Norwegian international can leave BVB after this season thanks to an exit clause of 75 million euros and has been linked to various clubs for months. According to the report, however, the contract for the team of starting coach Pep Guardiola was “done and sealed”.

Overall, the costs for the transfer of the attacker from Borussia Dortmund should amount to the equivalent of 120 million euros, according to the “Daily Mail”. The sum includes the transfer to BVB, a bonus for the player and a substantial commission for his father and his advisor. In order to fix the transfer, all that is missing is confirmation from club owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. But this is purely a matter of form. The English daily described the transfer as “affordable” for City.

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According to media reports, Haaland and his advisor Raiola also have offers from Real Madrid, Paris St. Germain and FC Bayern. There is no confirmation for an offer from Munich. FC Barcelona also want to sign Haaland.

BVB opponent Bielefeld badly hit by Corona

In the league duel against Arminia Bielefeld this Sunday (5.30 p.m., in the WELT sports ticker), the BVB top scorer will probably initially sit on the bench after his injury break. Bielefeld, on the other hand, has to play the game without coach Frank Kramer and six professionals due to the corona.

“Frank is one of the people who unfortunately got it,” said sporting director Samir Arabi on Saturday, confirming speculation about a positive test. Despite the high number of failures, the game is not in jeopardy. “There are rules about when you have to compete. We fulfill them. In this respect, nothing stands in the way of the game at this point in time. We have a powerful squad that will give it their all in Dortmund,” commented Arabi.

Arminia had reported corona cases on Tuesday, mainly in the area of ​​​​the coaching and supervisory staff, but did not provide any information on the number and the people. In the meantime, six professionals who are not known by name are also affected. According to the DFL rules of the game, at least 16 players are required to play a game.

Coach Kramer will be represented in Dortmund by his assistant Ilia Gruev. Regardless of the thin staffing level, the former head coach of MSV Duisburg was optimistic about the duel against the second in the table. “The players have moved closer together. Everyone is hot and wants to play. I see that very positively. In such situations, the character of a team shows,” said Gruev.

So far, East Westphalia has been relatively unaffected by corona infections. Only goalkeeper Stefan Ortgea and captain Manuel Prietl had already been infected in December. Arabi has no explanation for the increase in positive cases: “We got through this pandemic very well for two years and have not become more careless. Nevertheless, we have an extremely high number of cases.”

The managing director referred to similar problems at other clubs: “Which Bundesliga or second division game is currently not in danger – I won’t say none.” The opponent from Dortmund also has two corona-related failures with the two defenders Mats Hummels and Raphael Guerreiro.

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