Erling Haaland’s agent, Mino Raiola, reportedly obliged Barcelona to buy another client – Ajax right-back Noussair Mazraoui – if they were to land the Norwegian striker from Borussia Dortmund.
Blaugranalike Real Madrid & Manchester City, are very interested in securing the services of Haaland, given that he reportedly has a £64 million release clause in his contract that will become active this summer.
To increase competitiveness in the hunt for the 21-year-old striker, Barcelona must first finish in the top four – or win the Europa League – in order to secure a ticket to the European Champions League next season. But it seems now there is one other condition that must be met by the Spanish giants.
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According to Spanish media, SPORTRaiola requires Barca officials to also buy one of his clients, Mazraoui, if they want to bring in Haaland.
The 24-year-old Moroccan is out of contract at Ajax in June, meaning he is now allowed to negotiate a transfer with another club.
AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund were rumored to be interested, but now Barcelona are believed to be leading the hunt.
Recently some of Barca’s top brass flew to Germany to open a conversation with HaalandXav, i, as the manager, also came to make the negotiations smooth.
Raiola is predicted to charge a fairly high agent fee, as was the case when he made Manchester United discouraged from signing Haaland in January 2020.
Not long ago Haaland admitted that his club began to be pressured to make a decision.
“The last six months, I chose to remain silent out of respect for Dortmund,” said the former Salzburg player.