Erling Haaland will not leave Borussia Dortmund this summer despite the current interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid, Jan Age Fjortoft has said.
Jan believes the big clubs will have to very patient in their pursuit of the teenage sensation.
According to him, Haaland cannot leave the same way Dembele left since he is aware of the amazing sporting environment BvB will offer for his development in football.
He added that it is better for the boy from Norway to be a Dortmund player than to play for top clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool, Barcelona or Real Madrid, where his development will be limited.
His words, “This is a club that sold Dembele to Barcelona for €100m, but I can’t see that happening [with Haaland].
“I don’t have all the contract details, he has a clause of €75m but I don’t think that will be in the first year, so there won’t be a chance of that.
“I think it would be wise for him [to stay]. He’s 19 and I’m glad Erling Haaland today wakes up in Dortmund.
“It’s better to wake up in Dortmund than in Manchester, Liverpool, Torino, Barcelona or Madrid if you’re a 19-year-old shooting star.
“What I like about Team Haaland, the son of a former Nottingham Forest, Leeds and Manchester City player, is the key for them is development and everything else is a consequence of that.
“All his career he has been developing. From playing for his home town club and then to the best developer of talent in Norway, Molde. Then he went to Salzburg, he could have gone to a big club then [he could have joined Juventus] and he could have this time as well, but he’s at Dortmund.
“Dortmund are not a small club, by the way, but they’re well known for developing players to the next level. He’s always done that and it was just enormous what he did against PSG.
“He’s always looking to improve himself and I can see in his game there are things he can do better. He’s 6ft 4in and he can still win more headers, he can keep the ball better, Dortmund can take more advantage of his fantastic way of creating space for himself.
“I’m surprised he’s scored so many goals, but I’m not surprised that he’s taken the next level.
“Can he become the best Norwegian player ever? He certainly has the potential.
“He’s just getting better and better. We’re amazed that he’s developed so quickly.”
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