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Florentino Perez: Why Erling Haaland would only make Real Madrid's bench

Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, had a blunt evaluation of Erling Haaland after the striker signed with Manchester City instead of the Spanish capital's rivals. Here, find out the reason why the 21-year-old striker would have been a bench player at Madrid, as per Perez.

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By martina alcheva

Florentino Perez of Real Madrid and Erling Haaland
© Handout/Laureus & Lars Baron/Getty ImagesFlorentino Perez of Real Madrid and Erling Haaland

This summer, Manchester City snatched up one ofthe most sought-after strikers in Europe, Erling Haaland, signing him from Borussia Dortmund for a reported fee of €60 million. A deal to bring the Norwegian international to the Premier League was finally finalized in late Mayafter months of speculation.

In the short time since hefirst appeared on the scene, Haaland has grown rapidly, piquing the curiosity of many top European clubs, including Real Madrid. It was widely reported throughout the most recent season that the 2021-22 La Liga championswere interested in luring the 21-year-old rising star.

However, the young striker opted for the Citizens. As a result, Madrid shifted their attention to acquiring Kylian Mbappe, only for the Frenchman to stay at Parc des Princes, leaving the Whites’ president Florentino Perez empty-handed with nothing from either of his two targets.

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Why Erling Haaland would have been a substitute at Real Madrid

For the first time infour decades, Los Blancos did not sign any new reinforcements during the summer transfer window of 2020, opting to preserve money instead. Then, last season, they parted ways with Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane in order to save costs.

Due to a lack of big-name players coming in recently, the club’s supporters had begun putting pressure onPerez.However, the chairman of the Santiago Bernabeu site hasstated that he was unconcerned about missing out on any of these high-profile deals.

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The president, who previously maintained that Kylian Mbappe had been ‘forgotten,’ has claimedthat adding Erling Haaland would have been a bad idea. As a result, he has alsorevealed that the club did not attempt to recruit the Norwegianbecause he could not remove Karim Benzema from the starting lineup.

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