FC Bayern: private meeting between Hasan Salihamidzic and Erling Haaland?
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Manchester City and Real Madrid are considered favorites for a Haaland commitment – but does Bayern really have no chance?
Did BVB striker Erling Haaland meet FC Bayern? the Picture-Newspaper claims to have learned of a secret meeting.
Accordingly, an hour-long conversation took place in the villa of FCB sports director Hasan Salihamidzic at the beginning of March. Haaland was actually in Munich at the time to have his muscle injury treated.
When asked by the medium, FC Bayern did not make any statement, which in turn means that they do not deny the meeting.
In addition to Manchester City and Real Madrid: Bayern still close to Haaland?
CEO Oliver Kahn recently confirmed that Bayern have already considered signing the striker sports1: “We wouldn’t be doing our job properly if we didn’t deal with a young striker like him.”
However, according to Kahn, the rumored total package of around 350 million euros is “very, very far from what we imagine.”
Real Madrid and have been in effect for weeks especially Manchester City therefore as the most likely customer for the 21-year-old – even if the expert familiar with the Haaland family Jan-Age Fjörtoft said a few days ago that Bayern are still trying to get a transfer.
BVB: Is Haaland poker taking longer than expected?
The transfer poker, which has been going on for months, could take longer than previously thought. So far it was assumed that the Norwegian’s clause had to be activated by April 30th.
The Norwegian TV broadcaster TV2 denied this on Tuesday and instead spoke of a deadline of June. The broadcaster also explained that Manchester City had already secured the financing of the immense Haaland salary, while this was also causing problems for their closest competitor Real due to the likely transfer of Kylian Mbappe.