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Super agent Mino Raiola admits blocking Erling Haaland from joining Manchester United in January 2020.
Raiola has admitted he was “maybe too careful” in moving Haaland to Borussia Dortmund last year with the Norwegian striker now the most in-demand player in world football.
Before joining Dortmund in January 2020, Haaland and agent Raiola turned down the chance to reunite the player with his former Molde boss Ole Gunner Solskjaer at Old Trafford.
“Haaland is in front of his own development. He is ahead of his own schedule. Maybe I was too careful when I said, ‘Oh no, let’s move to Dortmund instead of I-don’t-know-where’,” Raiola told the Athletic.
“This boy — I’m 100 per cent convinced and everybody’s convinced — can move to any club, wherever he wants, already on this level. And he could have done that last year.
“But maybe last year there were still teams (saying), ‘Oh, he was in Red Bull (Salzburg), can he do it in another club?’.
“He is quicker than his own prediction. So yeah, Haaland is the talk of the town.”