Manchester City took Haaland out of Real Madrid’s crosshairs and signed the striker earlier this season; player is already the team’s top scorer in 2022/23!
Haaland refused the Real Madrid and closed with the Manchester City for the 2022/23 season. The 22-year-old forward is already one of the top names in world football and became Pep Guardiola’s top scorer in just six games in Premier League. There are already ten goals and one assist, in addition to two hat-tricks, which has made him compared to Kun Aguero.
His success with the Manchester City shirt was already expected, but many did not understand why Haaland denied Real Madrid. The athlete was one of the club’s main targets for the season, but he chose to leave Borussia Dortmund and play in the Premier League. In a documentary released in Norway, the player’s father explained the reason for the denial.
Alf-Inge Haaland highlighted that Real Madrid were not the ideal team for his son at this point in his career. Still in development and wanting to gain more space in world football, the striker would just be a shadow for Benzema. In addition, during the talks, Mbappé was also in the sights of the Spanish club and, in this way, Manchester City emerged as the best option.
We have one criterion in mind: who needs a number 9? Manchester City were a 10, the perfect option, while Real Madrid were a 5 or 6 for the way is playing Benzema. And they could still sign Mbappé”, says the centre-forward’s father. In the same documentary, Haaland was very direct about the ‘no’ to Real Madrid.
According to the Manchester City forward, it is always difficult to turn down an offer from the greatest champions in Champions League history. Even so, the ace gave indications that the ‘no’ ended up not being so affirmative and ended up becoming a ‘see you later’ for the Santiago Bernabéu team: “Good question. Can’t really refuse“.
Source: sportbuzz
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