For anyone who still believes a major transfer decision comes down to the number of zeros on the end of a payslip, a new documentary on Erling Haaland's transfer to Manchester City is an illuminating watch.
Haaland could have signed for almost any club he wanted to last summer, such was the attractiveness of the £51million release clause in his Borussia Dortmund contract and the generational talent he possesses.
The Norwegian's goalscoring record is almost from another planet and his physical gifts and youthfulness made him the most enticing proposition on the market during the summer window.
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But with a queue of clubs circling to try and sign the 22-year-old, he came up with a points system to try and assess where his next move should be. Eurovision for the transfer market.
In the documentary Haaland — The Big Decision, screened on Scandanavian streaming platform Viaplay recently, Haaland and his father Alfie whittled down a long list to a short list of seven, based on criteria such as style of play, the club's need for a No. 9, the manager and so on.
This was methodical and Manchester City came out on top. They must have scored 12 points for needing a centre forward and it's difficult to question the working out when Haaland has plundered 14 goals in 10 appearances so far.
In the documentary, Alfie Haaland said: “On our list, I think City is the best team. [Bayern] Munich is number two. We have Real Madrid as number three, Paris Saint-Germain as number four.
“We also have some English teams other than City who are quite good . . . Liverpool and Chelsea. Also, there is Barcelona. They are sort of in the same row."
That's seven clubs and ahead of
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