Guardiola sends a message to Real Madrid regarding Haaland: “It’s easy.. Come and sign him”
Pep Guardiola spoke about the future of Erling Haaland and the Norwegian’s possible suitors. In the press conference prior to the match between City and Brentford, the coach had to answer many questions about the forward .
“I don’t know,” Guardiola said of whether talks had begun between the club and the player to renew his contract . “I’m not involved in that, I don’t know,” the citizen coach repeated when asked if a possible interest from Real Madrid would speed up the talks .
Pep let loose and spoke clearly when asked if he would encourage City to negotiate a new contract with Haaland: “What do you think? (to the journalist) That we don’t want Erling to stay for a decade? Honestly… We do! Yes or yes. We are in love with him, we love him .”
“What will happen in the future? I don’t know. We are happy to have Erling, he is also happy to be with us, that’s what we know . We can’t control what people say… Today a guy on twitter comments: ‘It’s great news, it’s going to happen!’. It’s not going to happen. It will happen when Haaland decides to renew or not, or when City decides to renew him or not, when he has offers or not…” Guardiola explained.
“If someone wants Haaland, it’s easy. Call Manchester City and ask. That’s what we do when we want someone, it’s not more complicated than that ,” said Pep. “It’s simple. If someone wants our players, call our sports director, make an offer, convince the player… Easy. I’m not here to comment on whether each player can leave, but we don’t receive offers, according to my information.” .
“If they really love our players, it’s an honor for us, it means we did a good job and especially Haaland did it in this case. But is it true? I don’t know. It’s just to make a little noise,” he concluded. the technician on the subject.
Source: Sport