Posted December 10, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. by Hadrien Grenier
While the question of Erling Haaland's future occupies a large part of the media attention for next summer, Mino Raiola has made an update on the situation of his client.
At the end of his contract on June 30, Kylian Mbappé is heading straight for a departure from Paris Saint-Germain as part of a free transfer. Indeed, in less than a month, the 22-year-old French international will be free to sign a contract with Real Madrid for next summer, a club he wanted to join the last summer before being retained by the Parisian club. The only solution to avoid this would be for the 2022 World Champion to agree to initial a new contract with PSG , but that is clearly not the trend. As a result, the Parisian management has no choice but to start working on his succession, and it is with this in mind that we have revealed to you on le10sport.com the interest of PSG with regard to Erling Haaland . However, Paris is far from being the only club interested in the Norwegian, and Mino Raiola reminded him when taking stock of his client's situation. this Friday.
“Chances are Erling will be leaving this summer”
“Erling Haaland can and will take the next step. Bayern, Real, Barcelona, City – these are the big clubs he can go to. City have won the league five times in recent years, far more than United. When we moved to Dortmund we all knew that step would come. When will this step be? Maybe this summer, maybe the next summer. But there's a good chance Erling will leave this summer. We will see. What are the arguments for this change? He is someone who wants to evolve, who is looking for new challenges. And of course, it is also a question of alternatives. You only change when you have a better alternative. We have to watch. It's going to be a very strange summer. We play football for a month and a half, then everything stops and we go to Qatar for the World Cup. It's strange. Do I want to chat with Borussia Dortmund? Exact. We've always done it that way. Will the decision be made in the coming weeks? I don't think so yet. We will tell the BVB what our idea is and the BVB will tell us its ideas. But no decision will be taken in winter ”, confided Mino Raiola to SPORT1, without mentioning the PSG therefore.
Now remains to be seen the reason for which the famous Italian-Dutch agent did not mention the Parisian club. By the way, Mino Raiola was naturally asked about the release clause of Erling Haaland at Borussia Dortmund , which amounts to € 75m from next summer according to multiple sources. But the least that can be said is that the Leeds native's agent preferred to keep silence on this point. “A clause at 75M € for Haaland? Listen, everything that's in a contract is in a contract. It stays between me and the player. There are only two parties that are allowed to say something to the outside world: the club and the player. I never talk about details. Dortmund and we know exactly what needs to happen. We have structured this very clearly. Contract or not: we still have very open communication with Watzke, Zorc and now Kehl. We treat each other honestly. It is much more important than anything that is written down. The paper is only there if something is wrong then you need it. But not otherwise, ”he stressed before noting that Borussia Dortmund could have received much more by selling his player this summer. But Mino Raiola does not hold it against the Ruhr club, on the contrary. “A transfer last summer would have been definitely better for them economically. But they looked at the good of the club, the fans, the team and the success. I have a lot of respect for this decision. Dortmund players have balls, ”concluded Mino Raiola in his very particular style.