Newcastle are surrounding the marking of the striker Hugo Ekitike after Reims acknowledged a proposal of €30m (£25.6m) in addition to up to €5m in additional items. An arrangement for a player they previously designated in January will go through on the off chance that Ekitike gives last endorsement to the five-year contract on offer. He has demonstrated an eagerness to acknowledge the terms.
Borussia Dortmund are likewise enthused about Ekitike, who turns 20 this month, subsequent to offering Erling Haaland to Manchester City however Newcastle have been pushing to settle a negotiation for quite a long time.
Manchester City have affirmed an arrangement to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund this late spring. The striker’s buyout provision, comprehended to be €60m (£51.5m), has been met and the Norway worldwide will procure £375,000 per week, in addition to rewards.
Haaland passed a clinical this week and the arrangement closes Pep Guardiola’s quest for a drawn out replacement to City’s record goalscorer, Sergio Agüero. Haaland, who will be 22 in July, has scored 85 objectives in 88 appearances for Dortmund, whom he joined from RB Salzburg in January 2020.
“Manchester City can affirm that we have agreed on a fundamental level with Borussia Dortmund for the exchange of striker Erling Haaland to the club on 1 July 2022,” an assertion said. “The exchange stays subject to the club finishing terms with the player.”
City are satisfied to have beaten clubs including Real Madrid to sign perhaps Europe’s best striker, who they accept will work on before very long. Haaland chose City over comparative monetary offers due to his craving to play under Guardiola and test himself in the Premier League.
On Tuesday Guardiola advised against the possibility that Haaland will meet all City’s goalscoring needs. “The new players generally help to attempt to be a more grounded group yet a decent protector won’t tackle our cautious issues, one striker won’t take care of scoring issues that perhaps we have,” the director said. “Not me, the club must have a dream for what’s to come. I’m in every case totally mindful and strong 100 percent.”
The Haaland family have gone to various games at the Etihad this season in anticipation of the move. The Leeds-conceived Haaland will continue in the strides of his dad Alf-Inge, who had a three-year spell with City toward the beginning of the hundred years. “He can score with the right, the left, through counterattacks, in the case,” Guardiola said of Haaland last year. “He’s a phenomenal striker, everybody knows it.”
