€175m is NOT too much for Haaland, insists the man who signed him for Salzburg

Martin Macdonald

29 Jul 2021 09:24 BST
5 min read

Where Haaland’s massive contract demands would put him on football’s pay scale — © ProShots

Erling Haaland is worth €175m if someone is willing to pay that fee, according to the man who signed the Norwegian for RB Salzburg, Christopher Vivell.

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Haaland has emerged as one of the most devastating forwards in world football over the past 18 months.

Since moving to Dortmund in January of 2019, he has started 57 games for the German side and scored an incredible 57 goals, while he also recently broke the record for the shortest amount of time to reach 20 Champions League goals, beating the record previously held by Kylian Mbappe.

Haaland allegedly has a release clause in his contract that allows him to leave in the summer of 2020 for £66 million, but his talents are so clear that teams are prepared to pay much more than double that amount to land him a year early.

Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea are the clubs leading the race currently, though the Blues have allegedly already made contact with Dortmund.

A fee of €175m has been doing the rounds, but even Haaland himself believes that is too much for any one player.

“Before yesterday I hadn’t talked to my agent in a month... so you tell me,” the ex-Salzburg starlet told when asked about the transfer rumours.SportBild.

“But I hope they are just rumours, as €175 million would be a lot of money for one person.

“I have three years left on my contract.

“I’m enjoying my time here."

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What has Vivell said?

Vivell, formerly RB Salzburg's technical director, now at RB Leipzig, disagrees with Haaland's assessment of himself.

Speaking to Sport Bild, he said:

“If you can secure him now and pay that much for him, you're not making a mistake because he's still so young.”

Vivell believes that the Dortmund superstar will ultimately be worth the money because he has age on his side, and reckons he could go on to dominate the sport like Cristiano Ronaldo.

“On top of that, you have him under contract for five years and Erling is already guaranteed something then.

“If he stays injury-free, he can dominate the next ten or twelve years like Cristiano Ronaldo."

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