Joan Laporta Wants Erling Haaland

Since Laporta's first term as Barca president, it is a well-known fact that he has good relations with a lot of agents, Mino Raiola being the one who stands out among the rest. Mino Raiola, who already made it easier for Barca to sign then target Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now looking to make it easier for Barca to sign superstar Erling Haaland.

Laporta was in Italy to witness Pedri win his Golden Boy award, while he was there he also met with super-agent Mino Raiola over a potential summer signing, Erling Haaland. Laporta has been looking for ways to finance this move for months, ever since he got elected as president he wanted to get a superstar and Haaland fits the profile perfectly.

He would be a leader in the team even though he is only 21, he would be older than most of the current Barca players, undoubtedly having more experience than them. He has played a total of 73 games since joining Borussia Dortmund, scoring a staggering 74 goals in the process. He only missed 25 games through injury since the start of the 2019/20 season, for context, Dembele missed a total of 60 games in the same time period.

Barca definitely have competition as almost every big team in Europe are looking for his signature, most notably Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and PSG. It wouldn't be easy for Barca as it could cost anywhere between 75 to 100 Million Euros just to sign him, a lot of departures need to take place to fit him into the wage bill.

One thing Barca have over other clubs is the lack of superstars in the team, how is that good? Well, at any other team Haaland would be ONE of the star players, whereas at Barca he could be the main-man, if Barca manages to sign him, there is no doubt the team will be built around him, would it be the same

case for all the other clubs interested in him? Probably Not.

There are also reports suggesting that talks for other players also took place in the meeting between Raiola and Laporta, most notably Paul Pogba, former La Masia player Xavi Simons, and Ajax RB Mazraoui. Barca are looking to sign Ferran Torres and a striker in January with Haaland along with a lot of other players linked for the summer. Laporta has the ball in his court, it remains to be seen what he will do with it.

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