Man City fans react to Dortmund Official Comments On the Future Of Erling Haaland

Borussia Dortmund head of first-team football Sebastian Kehl has denied the existence of any deadline regarding the future of Manchester City and Real Madrid target Erling Haaland.

Haaland is expected to leave Signal Iduna Park during the summer transfer window, when a £62.8million release clause written into his contract will become active.

The Citizens are believed to be leading the race for the 21-year-old’s signature, while La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are also keeping tabs on his situation.

Various reports claim the reigning Premier League champions are the firm favourites to sign the imperious Norwegian who has contributed a sensational 23 goals and six assists in 23 appearances in all competitions.

Although reports that a deal has been agreed are premature as things stand, Haaland has a €75m release clause and it is reportedly set to expire at the end of April, but Sebastian Kehl indicated that it is not the case.

The Dortmund head of first-team football claimed that there are no deadlines on when Haaland’s future can be sorted out in the coming weeks.

Kehl said on broadcaster DAZN: “There is no date and no statement about [when to decide the future of Erling] Haaland. A lot has been written in the last few days but much of it is not true.”

He admitted that internal talks are under way at Dortmund on the prospect of signing a striker in the summer.

“We hope that we will make progress in the discussions that we are having internally about bringing a forward. That is important for our planning.”

These Sebastian Kehl’s comments were shared on Twitter by City Xtra and it attracted plenty of attention from the club’s supporters.

“If that is the case why make these comments”
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“Why would he know about Haalands future club? He is not his agent.”
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“I get annoyed by those in charge who speak without specifying.”
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“This is what I feared, getting ahead of myself when it’s actually all false.”
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“Obviously. He’s a Madrid player and the leaks were to drive up their price. City are just caught in the middle and used as a makeweight.”
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“As I said I’ll only believe it when he’s sitting next to Txiki.”
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