Erling Haaland's 'crazy price tag' means that there is no chance of Liverpool signing the striker this summer, according for Jurgen Klopp.
One of the hottest properties in European football, the Borussia Dortmund player has been constantly linked with a move to one of the continent's elite clubs at the end of the season, but it won't be Anfield.
With 23 goals in 24 appearances this season, 21-year-old Haaland is a player in high demand, with the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United and Bayern Munich all believed to by vying for his services, but still under contract until 2024, they will come at a considerable cost, and that doesn't interest Klopp.
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As reported by Goal, Klopp told SportBild : “We won’t be going there. The numbers involved are just crazy – we’ll be having nothing to do with it. No chance! To be honest, I don’t want anything to do with it. It’s not fun.”
Dortmund are still hopeful of hanging onto their prize asset, but Chief Executive Hans-Joachim Watzke accepts that every player has their price, as they have seen in the past.
He told SportBild: “Erling Haaland? We still know nothing from player’s side. But we know that we won’t be able to keep up financially if Manchester City come. It already happened with [Robert] Lewandowski to Bayern [Munich] and [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang to Arsenal.”
Dortmund held off pressure from Manchester United and Juventus to sign Haaland from Red Bull Salzburg in 2020 for a fee of around €20million, but any move for the prolific front man now could come to as much as £300million.
