Manchester City lead Real Madrid in race for Erling Haaland, United have no chance - Paper Round

United have no chance of Haaland Manchester United reportedly have no chance of signing Borussia Dortmund’s striker Erling Haaland. The 21-year-old Norwegian striker has clocked that United are well behind Manchester City and Real Madrid on the pitch, and while United are willing to match any financial package on offer, that is not good enough.

Spanish newspaper Marca reports that City continue to lead the race. Ad/> /> Transfers'I'd bet on Mbappe' — Barca defender Alves prefers French striker to Haaland8 HOURS AGO Paper Round’s view: For just 75 million euros both City and Real are chasing the best striker in Europe behind Kylian Mbappe, so he will be able to demand huge wages.

Given Real and City are both well funded that won’t be a deciding factor as they can stump up whatever is needed, but it should be a warning to United that they were now, without question, second rate. /> Ten Hag plans first signing The Mirror reports that Erik ten Hag has already decided upon one name that he will bring to Old Trafford when he makes his expected switch from Ajax in the close season.

The 52-year-old is set to bring in Ajax’s head of performance Alessandro Schoenmaker after concerns were raised with the players’ conditioning at United by Ralf Rangnick and Jose Mourinho. /> Paper Round’s view: United’s fitness has been little short of a disgrace in recent years and while it probably can’t hurt to bring in a new face to get to the bottom of it, it is not like Cristiano Ronaldo’s physique has suffered.

Just as much of a problem is the attitude of the squad which is permitted to train further if they deem it necessary, and it appears few have done so. Read the full story Tevez linked with Milan move Carlos Tevez has been pictured