Chelsea and other clubs could reportedly face paying an eye-watering sum to seal the transfer of Borussia Dortmund goal machine Erling Haaland.
The Norway international is one of the most exciting talents in world football at the moment after a stunning season in which he scored 41 goals in 41 games in all competitions for Dortmund.
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Haaland has been strongly linked with Chelsea by Angelo Mangiante, who recently tweeted that the Blues would make him their priority due to difficulties in landing Inter Milan front-man Romelu Lukaku…
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Erling Haaland remains the Chelsea’s main goal this summer. #Transfers @SkySport https://t.co/IMzQo0uVPD— Angelo Mangiante (@angelomangiante) June 2, 2021
However, Haaland will not come cheap, with AS reporting that the 20-year-old could have an asking price as high as €200million (£172m) this summer.
It remains to be seen if Chelsea would be ready to pay quite that much for Haaland, as there may be other top centre-forwards on the market for more realistic prices.
Still, Haaland is one of the best in the business and looks set for a great career, so if you’re going to smash your transfer record for any player, it would surely be him.