An impossible dream: Haaland's frustrated signing for Barça

The 'novel' of Erling Haaland came to an end this Monday when the Manchester City did official his signing. The future of the player was one of the greater incógnitas of the world of the football, that especulaban day in day out with his next destination. His wish to go out of the Borussia Dortmund was public, and several teams took advantage of this situation to try carry it to his rows. In addition to the 'citizens', the Real Madrid, the Bayern of Munich and the FC Barcelona were after the steps of the player, with the culés more interested in him that any another.

And it is that the Norwegian was the big dream of Joan Laporta, that saw to the '9' as the championing of the team during the next years. From the exit of Lionel Messi, the vacancy of 'star' in the staff is 'orphan', and in Can Barça had to the current goleador of the 'borussers' as main candidate to occupy this space. His short age (21 years) and grandísima projection fit to perfection with the present of the club, that is full of young promises with good future.

The president of the institution was obsessed by months with the footballer. In each public apparition left clear his intensiones, launching 'winks' to the player and 'feeding' the fantasies of the culés. However, the illusion was desinflando over time. A speech that began as "we continue being a reference in the market and recovering the weight in the world-wide football and all the big players contemplate the possibility to come to the Barça. Everything is possible" finished in "will not put in risk the institution with operations that, neither that were already saneados, would do them". In spite of the wish of 'Jan', ignore the hard moment that happen the finances of the club was hurtful for the future.

The reality is that the economic situation of the entity is in a moment delicate, and the operation by the footballer sued the outlay of a big investment that in the City Condal can not allow. In the Etihad Stadium credited the quantity of 60 million euros to activate the clause of rescission of Haaland, but adding him the bonos, the figure will rise to the 100 millions. Besides, the forward will win around 465.000 euros to the week, some emolumentos that 'would devastate' the scale salarial of the club. By these reasons, the big wish of the barcelonistas remained like an impossible.

With the 'look' in another '9'

After renouncing to the contracting of Erling Haaland, from the offices of the Camp Nou put the 'look' in Robert Lewandowski. However, his operation also antoja difficult for the club, since from Munich do not have intensión to leave go out to the footballer and the Barça can not pay the mount that they demand the Bavarians. In the meantime, the Catalans also handle the name of Álvaro Morata, whose signing if it is accessible for the entity. It will remain for seeing that sucede in the future.