Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 7:24 PM• Jeroen van Poppel

The entire football world is anxiously waiting for which new club Erling Braut Haaland will choose next summer. The 21-year-old top striker of Borussia Dortmund has, according to ASH lifted a corner of the veil at his holiday address in Marbella. “I will play here, in Spain”, Haaland is said to have confided to some supporters when asked.

There are more indications for the Madrid sports newspaper that Haaland will choose Spain next summer. A year ago, the Norwegian goal-getter bought his own house in Marbella, the place where he spent the holidays with his family. Alf-Inge Haaland, the father of the Dortmund striker, also has a preference for Spain. The 49-year-old former striker loves the Spanish sun and the well-maintained golf courses, his great passion next to football.

Although there is sufficient interest from Spain, with Real Madrid only one club in the country seems conceivable for Haaland. Barcelona would like to sign the center striker, but according to Spanish media cannot meet his financial wishes. At Real, Marcelo, Isco and Gareth Bale will leave on a free transfer, freeing up a gigantic salary post for the Royal. In addition to Kylian Mbappé, the Madrilenians also want to incorporate Haaland and deal a blow to the financially troubled Barcelona.

Haaland can make a transfer next summer for ‘only’ 75 million euros due to a clause in his contract. That makes the center striker, good for 76 goals in 75 matches at Dortmund, one of the most wanted players in the world. BVB know that the Norwegian will be unsustainable next summer. “Real Madrid’s interest has been confirmed,” said general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke recently BILD. “I think the Spanish League is suitable for him, more than the Premier League. But we hope he stays.”