Barcelona are reported to be playing the long game with Erling Haaland, hoping to have a “preferential” understanding with Manchester City if Víctor Font becomes president.
Font has previously vowed to “pick up the phone and call” Lionel Messi if elected, with recruiting Haaland also a central pillar of his campaign—presidential races are often run on transfer promises and Joan Laporta was negotiating a deal for David Beckham while still just a candidate in 2003.
