When Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme claimed Erling Haaland would make the Bernabéu his new home this summer, the striker’s father Alfie and agent Rafaela Pimenta responded: “All very entertaining but not true.”
Riquelme went on to lose the election to Florentino Pérez, and any lingering chatter of Haaland potentially swapping out a sky blue shirt for a white one faded. Except like many times over the years, the Norway international would once again be linked with Real Madrid—and this time, the circumstances are much, much bigger than just typical rumors.
