Man City's Erling Haaland stance revealed as Gabriel Jesus misses out on Brazil squad

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Manchester City are still cautious about their chances of landing Erling Haaland - although the Blues are undoubtedly in pole position to secure the Borussia Dortmund sensation.

Sources in both Germany and Spain say that Haaland has agreed personal terms for a move to the Etihad Stadium this summer. With the Blues ready and able to meet the £63million release clause, there is no real obstacle to the transfer going ahead.

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But City have been stung before when transfers seemed a certainty, not least last summer, when there was fairly high confidence in the camp that Harry Kane would make the move from Tottenham, confidence inspired by the player’s own determination to leave north London and link up with Pep Guardiola and his squad. There was also a deal in place for Jorginho in 2018 - the player had agreed to go to City and the two clubs had shaken hands on a £44million deal, only for Chelsea to gazump them by offering £10m more.

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Gabriel Jesus has been left out of the Brazil squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifying matches in March. Brazil take on Chile and Bolivia at the end of the month as they continue their campaign ahead of Qatar.

Tite has already overseen qualification for the World Cup but will be using the matches to refine his thinking ahead of the major tournament where Brazil will be looking to challenge again for the biggest prize in world football. Whether Jesus will be in Qatar as part of the group is less certain after the 24-year-old was not included in the latest selection after making the last three previous squads.

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