Former Everton striker and assistant Duncan Ferguson has revealed that Erling Haaland was offered to the Toffees for £2million, and added that Leeds United were possibly offered the same deal.
Everton refused to pay the fee proposed by Bryne FK for Haaland, who was 15 or 16 at the time, when his father and former Leeds star Alfie took him to Finch Farm. Haaland ended up signing professional terms with Bryne in 2016, but Ferguson also believes Leeds would've been offered Haaland due to his father's connections with the club.
"What a phenomenal player he is and I'll tell you a story," Ferguson revealed on the No Tippy Tappy Football Podcast. "Believe it or not he was in at Everton. He was in at Everton because his dad brought him in and they never signed him.
