Haaland has scored 85 goals in 88 games for Dortmund since joining from RB Salzburg in January 2020.
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Erling Haaland is close to completing his move to Manchester City.
Sources in Belgium have said Sky sports news that Haaland completed a medical examination at the Erasme Hospital in Brussels on Monday.
According sky germanyThe striker has informed Borussia Dortmund that he will leave the club at the end of the season. The termination clause of his contract is 75 million euros.
Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano informed Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke last week that City are ready to trigger the striker’s release clause.
The clause stipulates that Haaland’s transfer fee must be paid in a single payment, unlike many of the other major transfers which are made in multiple installments.
Some details remain to be finalized for the deal which is expected to be announced later this week.
Haaland has scored 85 goals in 88 games for Dortmund since joining from RB Salzburg in January 2020. Dortmund’s last game of the season is Saturday’s home game against Hertha Berlin.
Pep Guardiola’s side have been leading the race to sign the 21-year-old and his release clause means Borussia Dortmund are resigned to losing the striker this summer. The €75m fee, which equates to £62m, for Haaland is widely considered below market value.
When asked about the club’s interest in the Norwegian striker last month, Guardiola replied: “[I have] no answer to your question.
“I don’t have any worries or business in my head at the moment to think about what is going to happen at this club next season.”
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Haaland’s deal will “set new levels” in the transfer market.
In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News, he said: “I signed a new contract knowing that City would not stop developing. It’s not about City to define whether we can be happy or not, it’s about us and what we can do with it. “. .
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“You have so many opportunities and so many different ways to win a football game, and we have to find just one. Obviously it is possible and we can do it.”
“We face City two, three, with cup competitions, the Champions League, five, maybe six times a year, but not more often than the rest.
“If Erling Haaland goes there, it won’t weaken them, definitely not. I think enough has been said about this transfer. I know there is a lot of talk about money, but this transfer will set new standards, let me say it.” I like this.”
City have often played without a recognized striker this season following the departure of club record goalscorer Sergio Aguero at the end of the 2020/21 campaign.
Asked if his side need a number nine, Guardiola said: “We’re playing with good strikers this season so I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. It’s next season so I’m not going to talk.” [about it].”
Sky Sports News has approached Man City for comment.