Borussia Dortmund signing Haaland is a 'surprise' says pundit
Erling Braut Haaland’s agent Mino Raiola has hit out at Manchester United. The Red Devils were in advanced talks to sign the Red Bull Salzburg striker until he opted for a move to Borussia Dortmund instead.
Haaland had several options heading into the January transfer window but he decided to pen a four-and-a-half year contract with Dortmund instead of moving to United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows the 19-year-old from when he was in charge of Molde.
And he was apparently given the most amount of time to try and convince Haaland to move to Old Trafford.
Reports suggested Haaland wanted a buy-out clause in his contract which United objected to.
But Raiola insists that was not the case and had hit back at the Premier League side.
Mino Raiola has slammed Manchester United (Image: GETTY)
“I do not know if Manchester United are briefing this but if they are then they are covering their own loss and that I find strange and disappointing,” Raiola told the Telegraph.
“If they want to blame someone then, fine, blame me but the player is happy. He has made his choice and we went through a normal process.”
Raiola is also the super agent who manages unsettled United midfielder Paul Pogba.
However, he claims the relationship with senior Old Trafford officials remains in tact.
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“Clearly he (Erling Haaland) felt that at this moment it was not the right step in his career. There is nothing against Manchester United or Ole.
“He chose Borussia Dortmund ahead of them and other clubs and I’m very happy because he is going to the club he wanted to go to and that is best for him right now.
“If he wanted to go to Manchester United I would have been obliged to take him to Manchester United but he did not.
“When you are 19 then maybe you prefer not to go to the Premier League.
“The offer from Manchester United was good. It was not about the economics. It is just the player chose Borussia Dortmund at this stage of his career.”
