“Man United can’t buy titles with money”

Manchester City announced a “blockbuster” contract titled Erling Haaland with a transfer value of 51 million pounds (about 60 million euros), in front of very fierce competition from other clubs such as Real Madrid or Barcelona.

The Norwegian striker will travel to Spain, where he will meet his doctor, Ramon Cugat, who has worked with coach Pep Guardiola for three decades, for a medical check-up.

Halland prepares to make Manchester City debut

After that, he is expected to be at the Etihad tomorrow. Former Dortmund striker There will be a schedule that includes visiting the stadium as well as the training ground system of the Premier League champions, in addition to taking photos and participating in the first interview at the new team.

Erling Haaland is the brightest young talent in Europe at the moment, next to Kylian Mbappe of PSG. He agreed to a five-year contract at the blue half of Manchesterreceiving a salary of about £375,000/week, the highest level of remuneration of Man City at this moment.

In addition, the Arab owners of the team also agreed to pay Dortmund a fee of £ 51 million, divided into installments, with £ 30 million to be paid immediately after signing the contract.

This is clearly a “bargain” with Ruhr . football teamwhen they only spent £17.1 million on the striker who has scored 85 goals in 88 games for the team since joining from RB Salzburg, in January 2020.

Recently, in response to the above cult deal, Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano said that the high remunerations and large amount of money for a talented player like Haaland are considered ” perfectly reasonable”

“You can see the transfer numbers, and they’re very reasonable. The salary we’re paying him is what the team can afford and it’s completely commensurate with what he deserves. “.

Ferran Soriano was pleased when Man City successfully recruited Erling Haaland

“He has all the peace of mind and time to choose his future destination. The team has built a good relationship with Haaland, on the explanations for the upcoming project.”

“That[breakout]money could be paid by Manchester United, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid, but he’s already decided where he wants to go and we’re very proud.” – said the managing director of the Etihad Stadium team.

He also admits his team is lacking a central striker, someone who can perfectly replace what Sergio Aguero has done in the past:

“We are focused on football, winning and winning trophies, but the club is missing a central striker.

“We had a spectacular man like Sergio Agüero. We lost him, though, due to age. The board spent over a year looking for a replacement, and Haaland was the deal. so”.

“It will take some time to adapt and get used to the new environment. But with his technical qualities, physical abundance, talent and understanding, I am sure, he will succeed.”

Soriano also defended City against criticism that clubs like them and PSG are “ruining football” because of state-backed investments. Some traditional clubs, such as Manchester United or Real Madrid, are accusing the aforementioned teams of “only using money to buy titles”.

“A lot of people fabricate stories that are lies and make no sense. If you look at the transfers of English clubs, you will see that Man United is the club that earns the most, with £100m a lot. than Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea”.

“We don’t spend more, and in fact, we spend less. The team has three shareholders, one from the United Arab Emirates, one from the United States and one from China. That is. three professional hedge funds looking for profits.”

Soriano says Man United ‘can’t buy trophies with money’

“And look at how much money Man United have spent in recent years, and how much City have spent.”

If you dig deeper, you’ll see they spend more, but our team has won 11 trophies in the last couple of years, they’ve only won one or two, and they don’t have a Premier League. anyway” – He criticized the Red Devils “also using money but can’t buy titles”

“You can’t compare between Man City and PSG, because they are two different environments. We are not ‘a state football team.’ We are a club with three shareholders, “- concluded Soriano.