
Fabrizio Romano reports that Alfie Haaland, the father and agent of Dortmund star, Erling, met with the new Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, on Thursday morning.
The 20-year-old forward has scored 33 goals this season in all competitions but has also created a further 8 for his teammates. Most notably, he has 10 goals in 6 Champions League games which should terrify Manchester City fans ahead of their quarter-final clash.
This morning, his father met with Barcelona’s re-elected president Joan Laporta to discuss a potential move to La Liga and Fabrizio Romano reports: “The meeting between Mino Raiola, Erling Haaland’s father and Joan Laporta has been positive.

DORTMUND, GERMANY – OCTOBER 03: Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Sport-Club Freiburg at Signal Iduna Park on October 03, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. A limited number of fans have been allowed into the stadium as COVID-19 precautions ease in Germany. PHOTO BY LARS BARON/GETTY IMAGES.
“It was the first contact to discuss about the new Barcelona project – obviously there’s nothing done or advanced, race will be long as many clubs are involved… Barça are in.”
He added: “Mino Raiola will meet/talk also with other top clubs in the next weeks… and Bayern Münich are not in the race for this summer. Raiola also met with BVB this week to discuss the price as Haaland’s clause will be NOT valid in 2021, only in July 2022.”
The first tweet from Romano suggests that Alfie Haaland’s meeting with Laporta was purely for Barcelona to toss their hat in the ring and make their desire to sign the young forward known.
The second tweet emphasises this and underlines the fact that it will be incredibly difficult for any side to sign him this summer due to his release clause not being valid until July 2022 and not a moment sooner.

DORTMUND, GERMANY – MARCH 09: Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund celebrates the win and his Man Of The Match trophy after the final whistle during the Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla FC at the Signal Iduna Park on March 09, 2021 in Dortmund, Germany. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRE SIMOES/BORUSSIA DORTMUND VIA GETTY IMAGES.
€150 million is what Dortmund would demand this summer, according to Romano, who points towards Barcelona’s huge debt as a reason for why the Catalonians will struggle to sign Haaland before next year.
For Liverpool, this is good news. Even though Fenway Sports Group have sold 10% of the club to acquire a £534m cash injection, they aren’t going to make those funds available to Jurgen Klopp for a massive spending spree.
If the Reds want to sign Haaland or Mbappe, they will need to generate the funds from the club’s own revenue sources. At least the Reds can rest assured that while they won’t be able to sign the Norwegian or Frenchman this summer without investing hugely, neither will their rivals.
