Erling Haaland plays for time with Manchester City, FC Barcelona wants to shield one of its stars

Haaland procrastinates

This morning in its interior pages, the newspaper A.S. discusses the future of Erling Haaland! According to the Madrid daily, for the Norwegian it is “Madrid or the extension» ! “The striker continues to pay attention to the outcome of the Mbappé soap opera, aware that with the Frenchman in Madrid, his options of wearing the Merengue jersey are dissipating. City are pushing for him to extend his contract, which ends in 2027.» But the daily indicates that the Norwegian “drag your feet a little» to respond favorably to its leaders regarding an extension at City. Nothing has been decided yet, Haaland especially wants to take his time and see what happens because he has his own objectives. “Haaland can leave City this summer by activating the clause that frees him from €100 to €150 million, but he has only been in the Premier League for two seasons, the team wins everything, he is the protagonist and it still seems early to go. In addition, and although it is not a clause included in his contract, the striker links his future to that of Pep Guardiola.” To be continued…

FC Barcelona wants to shield Araujo

For its part, FC Barcelona is also active! The Blaugrana club has made the extension of Ronald Araujo “a priority» ! “Barça considers Araujo untouchable: his contract expires in 2026 and they want to protect him from Bayern’s interest.» We remind you that Bayern Munich tried everything this winter to recruit the Uruguayan. The German club could come back next summer with an offer that cannot be refused, which Barça fears!

Lautaro Martinez’s conditions to extend at Inter

We end this press tour in Italy with the transfer window there too and there is talk of the future of Lautaro Martinez! La Gazzetta dello Sport announced this morning that it is “a big signature» who awaits the Argentinian! Inter want to extend their captain and are ready to put in the resources. “The offer is €8 million per year plus bonuses, except that the player’s request is €10 million per year. The negotiations must be concluded. The player is currently valued at €150 million», specifies the newspaper with pink paper. It is “at least €10 million to extend the contract with the Nerazzurri which, however, does not expire tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow. Negotiations have been underway for months to extend his love affair with Inter until 2028: for the moment, it is based on a comfortable agreement until 2026.» Inter will therefore go to the cash register to keep their star!