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Dortmund seeks to lower Haaland's salary
Despite being one of the most prominent players in current football and being one of the most desired for this winter market that is about to start, the situation for the Norwegian Erling Haaland is not being easy at all.
Since, the player has been eliminated with his team from the Champions League, so he will have to play the Europa League in 2022, thus being out of the top competition in Europe, and all this is added to an economic situation against it.
According to German newspapers, the Dortmund club would be planning to reach an agreement with the player so that the salary will be lowered again, based on the problems that German football has right now with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 situation in Germany
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Europe, Germany has been one of the most affected countries, mainly in the Bundesliga where most of the season teams have had to play without the presence of fans.
When everything seemed to be returning to normal, again the COVID-19 has begun to do its thing and with the arrival of the new variant of the omicron coronavirus, German and European football have again been affected.
This is how the government of that country has already announced that the second round of the Bundesliga will begin without the presence of fans in the stadiums.
A piece of news that has become a bucket of cold water for all German clubs who will clearly stop earning income in each of their matches, something that mainly affects the largest clubs in that country.
Losses for Dortmund
For Haaland's club, Dortmund, this leads to millionaire losses that are around four million euros for each game, the main reason why the club could not continue to pay the same salary to one of its top figures.
The German club in its budget had already included all or almost all the total revenue at the box office, where the margin of loss had been placed around 15 kilos, but now everything has changed, and they will have to take action on this again.
Dortmund knows very well that this new order will bring severe consequences in the economic sphere, so it cannot afford to pay very high floors in the squad and one of its most affected will be its great figure that right now is desired by many other clubs in Europe.
Ultimatum to Haaland
Dortmund seems to be tired of Haaland's situation with the team, especially the rumors in the hall where many indicate that the player would be signing with a Spanish league club such as Real Madrid that sounds very strong or Barcelona.
Now to all this the economic situation of the club has been added, this is how the general director of the club, Hans Joachim Watzke has explained the following: "If in January or February it becomes clear that this is an inevitable decision, we will have to have this kind of conversations with the player. "
He has also made it very clear that the money lost from the box office sale cannot be recovered even with the sale of the players in the squad.
From what he has mentioned that the German club does not intend to sell any player at least for now.
Many fewer want to get out of their maximum figure as is Haaland, who to continue in the club will clearly have to do without a part of his salary again. All of these increases the uncertainty as to the future of your star.
According to German sources, right now the club has asked the Norwegian to make a decision until February, this with the aim of the club to know if they will have him for the next season or not, and also to go looking for a substitute in case you want to leave.
It must be remembered that Borussia Dortmund has offered him a contract of 20 million per year, which would make him the best paid player in the club's history, but this is something that right now contrasts with the salary reduction that he wants to apply.
Could Haaland leave the club?
For now, everything seems to indicate that the Norwegian player has plans to leave Borussia Dortmund and seek new horizons. Clearly one of the greatest promises in world football wants to reach a much bigger and more competitive club.
This is how Haaland has come to sound very strong for Real Madrid and even the Spanish media assure that Ancelotti's team will go for the hiring of Mbappé and Haaland. However, a possible conversation between the club and the player has not been officially known.
But with the salary reduction that Dortmund wants to apply to Haaland, the doors of his departure open much more, so the player will most likely decide to leave the team in search of new horizons and a better contract than instead of reducing his salary this is much better.
Very possibly in this winter market that is about to start, the Norwegian player has some communication with a club. What we will very surely see is that Haaland ends this season with Borussia Dortmund despite reaching an agreement this January.
