Erling Haaland: Real Madrid is 'the dream for players', says Man City striker's agent

Haaland has 33 goals successful 33 games successful each competitions for City since arriving successful the summertime of 2022

Real Madrid is the "dream" determination for players, says Erling Haaland's agent.

But his brag Pep Guardiola has previously had to contradict reports that the striker's declaration contains a merchandise clause for him to articulation Real successful 2024.

"There's the Premier League and past there's besides Madrid," said cause Rafaela Pimenta.

"They person thing of their ain that is besides the imagination for the players.

"Madrid keeps this magic going. They don't person the play competitions, but they person the Champions League."

Spanish giants Madrid person lifted the Champions League trophy - a contention City person yet to triumph - 5 times since 2014 and knocked the Premier League champions retired of the tourney astatine the semi-final signifier past year.

Brazilian lawyer Pimenta was the concern spouse of ace cause Mino Raiola and has taken implicit the sole moving of the bureau since helium died successful April past year.

Speaking astatine the FT Business of Football Summit successful London, she said Norwegian guardant Haaland wanted to motion for City owed to the accidental to enactment with Guardiola, the attractiveness of the Premier League and the information his begetter Alfie besides played for the club.

Pimenta added she and her players ever "try to marque a plan" astir however they privation their careers to cookware out.

"We person to marque a plan, we request to person a goal," she said. "Maybe we won't execute it, but if we don't cognize wherever we're going past for definite we don't get there.

"We marque plans, yes, we marque plans adjacent if they are a 15-year-old. We cannot beryllium sitting down and waiting."

Pimenta has besides been amazed by however galore players are present targeting moves to the Premier League.

"When I started successful this business, if I archer them [a player], 'you determination to England', they would inquire me, 'what did I bash wrong?'," she added.

"Now erstwhile we speech to players, and inquire them what is their goal, they accidental the Premier League. They don't accidental a team, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, they accidental the Premier League.

"This is the archetypal clip successful 25 years that I perceive truthful galore players accidental I privation to spell to a league, not to a club. This is the spot to beryllium for an agent.

"An cause needs to beryllium wherever a subordinate wants to be. It's a fantastic league. It's truthful competitive, each crippled is simply a challenge, everyone wants to ticker it."

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