Mercato | Mercato – PSG: The planets align for Leonardo with Haaland!

Posted on December 2, 2021 at 11:15 pm by The editorial staff

In Germany, some media claim that PSG are in the best position to sign Haaland, who will most likely leave Dortmund next summer.

The more weeks go by, the more it appears that the Borussia Dortmund will not be able to retain Haaland, because of the release clause at 75M € in his contract, and knowing that the offensive attempted to sign a new lease to the attacker, with a strong salary increase, turns out to be a failure. Failure almost ratified between the lines by the general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke , in response to a question from Sky Sports about the possibility of Haaland joining another German club: “I don't know the finances of other Bundesliga clubs. Borussia Dortmund are also the second force, but we will not do anything that we cannot afford, that is clear ”. Sky Deutschand, for its part, claims that there would now be a 90% chance that Haaland would leave Dortmund and that today, PSG would be in the best position to welcome it.

Three strengths and two weaknesses

If this information turns out to be correct, then the planets may well be in the process of falling apart. line up for Paris Saint-Germain . To the point of winning the case? It is clear that the PSG has several strengths: on the one hand, a greater financial capacity than others, due to the leeway left by the departure of Kylian Mbappe , a problem that the Real which will already make him sign an XXL contract to the French striker. On the other hand, PSG now offers a very attractive sporting challenge, with – among other things – the prospect of playing alongside Messi and Neymar . Finally, PSG has a very fluid negotiation context due to the consolidated relationship of trust with the player's agent Mino Raiola , who signed Donnarumma in Paris last summer. Paris must however overcome two weak points: the club's lack of historical solidity, experience, which tends to penalize it when the last four of the C1 arrives, and the weak appeal of Ligue 1 .