Rumour Has It: Real Madrid ready to go all out for Haaland and Mbappe

While
the
forwards
look
set
to
stay
at
Borussia
Dortmund
and
Paris
Saint-Germain
respectively
this
month,
moves
away
at
the
end
of
the
campaign
look
increasingly
likely.

And
despite
intense
competition
from
fellow
heavyweight
clubs,
Real
Madrid
are
determined
to
win
the
race
for
both
players.

TOP
STORY
–
MADRID
TO
PUT
ASIDE
€350m
FOR
HAALAND

Madrid
had
two
bids
knocked
back
for

Mbappe
last
year
but,
according
to
Marca,
they
remain
in
pole
position
to
sign
the
France
international
in
six
months’ time.

Landing

Haaland
could
prove
to
be
a
little
more
complicated,
though,
given
he
will
still
have
two
years
to
run
on
his
contract
at
the
end
of
the
2021-22
campaign.

However,
the
Spanish
publication
reports
that
Madrid
are
willing
to
spend
big
on
the
prolific
striker,
who
is
thought
to
have
a
€75million
release
clause
in
his
deal.

On
top
of
triggering
that,
it
is
claimed
that
Los
Blancos
will
have
to
set
aside
cash
for
Haaland’s
father,
agent
Mino
Raiola
and
a
hefty
salary
for
the
player
himself,
which
could
total
around
€350m.

Friday
night
football!@bvb
pic.twitter.com/DOHbRlXH0M

—
Erling
Haaland
(@ErlingHaaland)

January
14,
2022

ROUND-UP

–

Madrid
may
be
considered
the
frontrunners
to
sign

Mbappe
and

Haaland,
but
they
already
have
a
back-up
plan
in
place
should
either
of
those
moves
fail
to
materialise.
According
to
El
Nacional,

Fiorentina‘s
in-demand

Dusan
Vlahovic
is
also
on
the
Spanish
giants’ radar.

–
CalcioMercato
reports
that
Milan
have
joined
the
queue
to
sign

Chelsea
defender

Andreas
Christensen.
Christensen,
who
comes
out
of
contract
at
the
end
of
this
season,
is
being
chased
by

Bayern
Munich,

Atletico
Madrid
and

Barcelona.

–

Newcastle
United
could
beat

Manchester
United
in
the
race
for

RB
Leipzig‘s

Amadou
Haidara,
with
The
Mirror
reporting
that
the
newly-rich
Magpies
are
set
to
make
an
offer.

–
The

Everton
board
got
together
on
Saturday
to
discuss
manager

Rafael
Benitez‘s
future
in
the
job,
according
to
Sky
Sports.
Everton
have
won
one
of
their
past
13
league
games
and
lost
to
bottom
club
Norwich
City
2-1
on
Saturday.

FT.

pic.twitter.com/OfLm7aUOH0

—
Everton
(@Everton)

January
15,
2022

–

PSG,

Bayern
and

Madrid
are
among

Kalvin
Phillips‘
suitors.
El
Nacional
reports
that

Leeds
United
have
a
battle
on
their
hands
fending
off
interest
in
the
midfielder,
who
has
been
capped
19
times
by
England.

–
The
Mirror
reports
that

Chelsea
are
considering
a
move
for

Inter‘s

Ivan
Perisic.
The
Blues
are
in
the
market
for
a
versatile
player
who
can
play
at
left-back
while

Ben
Chilwell
recovers
from
a
long-term
injury.