The '9' that Barça needs: Haaland has scored 100 goals in 105 games

FC Barcelona continues to dream of Erling Haaland, while the Norwegian striker maintains his devastating pace at Manchester City in terms of scoring production. The '9' got 'wet' again on Sunday in the draw against Arsenal (2-2), a goal with which he reached 100 goals in 105 official matches with the team led by Pep Guardiola. In just a couple of years and a month with the 'cityzens', the one from Leeds continues to break records in England.

At the moment, the 'Cyborg' has 73 goals in 71 days of the Premier League, a tournament he has won in his two seasons in Manchester. Haaland maintains an incredible average of 0.95 goals per game, not counting assists (14) and very close to the records he obtained in his previous team, Borussia Dortmund. There, the 24-year-old forward scored 86 goals in 89 duels (0.97 goals per game).

Barça, with minimal options to go after Haaland in 2025

According to information leaked by English media, the '9' reserved an exit clause for an amount close to 180-200 million euros in the summer of 2024, as long as it was a non-English club. Erling signed with the Cityzens until June 2027, but this clause could also be activated in 2025, especially if, finally, Pep Guardiola decides not to continue on the Manchester bench at the end of this season. At the time, his representative, Rafaela Pimienta, stated that the forward is worth 1,000 million, an unpayable amount for any team.

Furthermore, the Leeds man seems to be clear that, if he leaves City, he should do so to sign for Barça or Real Madrid. Florentino Pérez loved him while he was a Borussia Dortmund player, but his insistence on Kylian Mbappé left the way clear for the 'sky blue' team to sign him. In 2023, his father had a small altercation in one of the boxes at the Santiago Bernabéu during the Champions League semi-finals, an incident that seemed to permanently distance him from the 'merengue' agenda.

On the contrary, the forward was received with a lot of respect by the Barça fans in 2022, during a charity friendly played at Camp Nou. Haaland responded to the applause from the culé stands in an affectionate manner and, months later, Joan Laporta got wet about his desire to sign him once the Barça team has the financial profitability necessary to amortize an operation of such magnitude. However, this would not happen in the medium term.

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Haaland equaled a record held by Cristiano Ronaldo

With his goal against Arsenal, the Norwegian also equaled a record held by Cristiano Ronaldo. Erling is the second footballer to reach a hundred goals in fewer games for the same club. Previously, 'CR7' also scored his 100th goal with Real Madrid in his 105th official match, during the 2010/11 season, his third in the 'White House'. The 'cyborg's' scoring pace is identical, since 2024/25 is his third campaign with the 'sky blue' team.