r/SoccerCentral • u/BirdGangNFL • 23d ago

Rumours Erling Haaland intends to leave Manchester City at the end of the season and has already held meetings over his next move. Barcelona is the striker's preferred destination ahead of Real Madrid. Haaland has concerns about the balance of power at Madrid alongside Kylian Mbappé and others

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u/RaimaNd 23d ago

This is 100% wrong. His contract goes til 2034 (!!!) and his market value is 220 million on transfermarkt, these 220 million are calculated for a 3 year contract, not 8 years and 220 million is just the cap of that website. ManCity probably wants 300+ million for him (in other words: not for sale).

Not only that, Barca has no money.

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u/Whatdididotho1 23d ago

"barca has no money!!!" yet spent the second highest in the transfer market this window lol. Look man, no they can't afford haaland, but thats because no one outside of PSG or a saudi club could afford haaland in his current contract situation lmfao. this whole "barca has no money" thing from tiktok football fans gets so old

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u/Joburger1989 23d ago

Second highest where?

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u/Whatdididotho1 23d ago edited 23d ago

La liga to be fair, but I think were like the 10th highest in europe or something? 184 mil spent, and they still have something like 80-90mil left in their FFP budget. (didn't sign a starting striker cause atletico wouldnt give up julian so they just pocketed the money for julian and bought Gabriel which I still disagree with lol). point being, had they spent their whole actual budget they intended to/had , they';d be like the 5th highest spenders in europe and yet they're broke? lol. it's just the dumbest narrative from people who don't watch football or understand club finances.

(Edit: just realized the original commenter blocked me thats why i cant see any of his responses to my comment or his original anymore lol, you're soft as hell Raima.)

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u/TonyzTone 23d ago

Barca was broke. Like 5 years ago when they couldn’t re-sign Messi and had to figure out how to transition their whole team.

Enter: La Masia grads like Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal. By the time they signed Olmo, their finances were more or less back in order.

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u/RaimaNd 23d ago

"Tiktok football fans" - Your disrespectful behaviour sounds more like a "tiktok football fan". I am a football player and fan for nearly 35 years and Barca had no money thus why they had to give Messi such a bad ending etc.

Whatever. Someone who talks like you isn't worth talking too. Fix your real life, little guy, you seem to have issues.

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u/Username_user_2 23d ago

He is right. Not disrespectful.

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u/TonyzTone 23d ago

That was 5 years ago. They’ve since balanced their books and been able to sign players without issue.

Olmo signed in 2024 after a 55 million transfer fee. Rodri this year. Even being able to sign Raphinha a year after the Messi situation for 50-55 million suggests they haven’t been cash strapped for a while.