Erling Haaland's agent responds to Real Madrid interest

The agent of Erling Haaland has been quizzed on Real Madrid's supposed interest in the Manchester City striker.

Haaland has propelled himself to superstardom since joining Man City from Borussia Dortmund last summer.

During his first season at the Etihad Stadium, he scored 52 goals in 53 games as the Cityzens won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.

However, he has already been tipped to leave the club at some point over the next few years. 90min reported in June that Man City are looking to hand Haaland a new deal which removes various release clauses - some of which are currently inactive - from his contract.

Real Madrid, meanwhile, are currently without a star centre forward following Karim Benzema's departure to Saudi Pro League champions Al Ittihad this summer.

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Haaland's agent, Rafaela Pimenta, was recently asked by Spanish outlet El Chringuito about the possibility of the Norway international heading to Real Madrid in 2024.

"The open door can mean a lot of things. Our players can have the feeling that they have their destiny in their hands," she said.

Pimenta has previously insisted that the insertion of various clauses into Haaland's contract is part of a strategy to help protect her clients.

"When a player goes to a club, I do all I can to create a situation where the key is in their hands," Pimenta said earlier this year.

"If tomorrow you don't want to be there anymore because you don't like it, or if they don't pay you well, or if your wife wants to live in Paris, well, you go, no? I don't like it when the player has no freedom to decide. I have done all the contracts in this agency in 25 years. All of them. There wasn't a single time when a player said 'I want to go' and they could not do it.

"For me, Haaland is worth a billion, no one is going to pay that, but it's the potential that he has when he arrives at a club. He brings with him fans, goals, results, professionalism, digital content, notoriety, sponsors...if you put all that together, his value includes a lot of things.

"But the price of a footballer, in reality, is set by a club. I know that no one is going to pay 700m for one player, but it's very clear that Erling's value when he arrives at a club is immense, it's at least a billion."

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