Posted on 28 December 2021 at 2:30 am by AM While the failure of Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer is well known, OL also missed out on Erling Haaland. On the side of OL , the The story of the aborted transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo is well known. Indeed, in 2003, the Gones refused to exchange the young Portuguese with Tony Vairelles , preferring a dry transfer. A few years later the OL must regret, but that's not all since Cyril Collot , Former journalist of OL TV, reveals that the Lyonnais supervised Bryne FK , training club of Erling Haaland , but to sign his best friend Tord Salte . As a result, the latter played at Lyon between 2015 and 2018 before returning to the Norwegian second division while Haaland is now followed by all the biggest European clubs. 
OL missed Haaland
“What's crazy is that we learned that at that time, OL recruiters came to that small town of Bryn to sign Tord Salte, and that at that time his best friend was Erling Haaland. And the latter was not spotted by OL recruiters. He was a year younger and finally they took Salte who is now playing in Germany, ”assures RMC, Cyril Collot , who has just written a biography of the titled Borussia Dortmund striker. “Erling Haaland, all of a great one”.