Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has challenged Real Madrid to make an offer for Erling Haaland if they really want him. There were reports in Spain last week that Haaland dislikes life in Manchester so much that he wants to leave the club.
Perhaps inevitably, it was suggested Real Madrid were monitoring the prolific Norway striker’s situation. The suspicion at City is that this could have been an attempt by Madrid-leaning media to unsettle the 23-year-old and edge him towards the Bernabeu Stadium.
Yet Guardiola, who has seen such activity before, is confident it will not work and suggests any interested club should just say so.
Guardiola said: “For one report, for one journalist or one Twitter account, one Instagram account, do you think they are going to change something that is going to happen?