Man City hold Erling Haaland talks, Chelsea summer transfer plans not Roman Abramovich dependent - Paper Round

Man City hold Haaland talks Manchester City director Txiki Begiristain has held talks with agent Mino Raiola about the possibility of signing Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, the Mirror reports. After failing to land England captain Harry Kane last summer, City are on the hunt for a new forward and will look to capitalise on Haaland’s £64m buyout clause at the end of the season.

That has also attracted the interest of European clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona, but City are looking to get ahead of their rivals in what could be the most hotly-contested transfer for years. Ad/> Paper Round’s view: Dealing with Raiola can be tricky, and notoriously expensive, so it will be fascinating to see what numbers emerge from whatever deal is agreed this summer.

It appears inevitable he will go – where exactly remains to be seen, but City certainly have the financial muscle to convince Haaland. Likewise Real, meaning Barca could struggle to offer similar wages going by their recent exploits of pay decreases to get players registered.

TransfersBarcelona hope to challenge for Haaland signing — Paper Round27/02/2022 AT 22:27 ** Chelsea: Sell then buy Chelsea’s summer plans are not dependent on Roman Abramovich — who is looking to sell the club — the London Evening Standard reports, with the club likely to sell players anyway in order to fund new recruits. Selling Tammy Abraham, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori and Marc Guehi last summer gave Chelsea almost £105.8m in funds, and at the end of this season they could look to offload Southampton targets Armando Broja and Faustino Anjorin.