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After Kylian Mbappe’s entourage revealed that no agreement has been reached between their client and Real Madrid, Jorge C Picon writes that the Frenchman’s signing is no longer seen as a necessity at the club like it was in 2022.
Despite Mbappe being the main target, Los Blancos continue to admire a certain Erling Haaland, and it appears that he is gaining popularity within the club as the possible next Galactico signing.
Indeed, the journalist writes that the Norweigian’s name is ‘sounding quite louder’ within the Real Madrid management, putting Mbappe on the backseat.
Why the sudden change?
“No type of influence could dictate the timing of Kylian’s discussions, reflections, decisions,” commented Mbappe’s representatives while discussing links with Real Madrid.
Now, it is to be noted that since 2022, when Real Madrid first approached Mbappe, a lot has changed at the club. Right now, they are not ready to offer him the same terms as they did in 2022.
The sudden thought that has come to light is the fact that the profile Mbappe has is already very much enforced at the club, making Haaland a preferred choice now.
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The Los Blancos are aware that Haaland has an exit clause in his contract with Manchester City and they can exploit it this summer or even in 2025.
Haaland wants Real Madrid too
It is believed that Haaland has shared with his close ones that he still dreams of playing for Real Madrid in the future and wants to keep that option open.
He doesn’t want his agent, Rafaela Pimenta, to close the door to a move to Real Madrid by renewing his contract with Manchester City. However, the decision on his future will be made after considering the feelings of the Madrid management.
Now, Haaland is quite happy at City and although he won all the titles last year, he enjoys taking on new challenges in his career.
This is why there’s strong interest and talk about the possibility of Real Madrid pursuing him at some point of time.