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Erling Haaland has stated a decision on his future will be made soon, with the 21-year-old claiming Borussia Dortmund are pressuring him to make a call.
Haaland scored his 14th and 15th Bundesliga goals of 2021-22 on Friday, in a 5-1 win over Freiburg.
That victory lifted Marco Rose’s Dortmund team to within three points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, who are in action on Saturday.
Across 2021, only Robert Lewandowski (58) scored more than Haaland (43) in all competitions, of players in Europe’s big five leagues.
Haaland has consistently been linked with a move away from Dortmund, with his agent Mino Raiola regularly flirting with Europe’s elite clubs.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City are all said to be interested, with the forward reportedly having a €75million release clause in his contract that will activate at the end of the season.
Haaland has so far kept quiet about his next move yet, in an interview with Viaplay’s reporter Jan Aage Fjortoft after Friday’s match, the youngster confirmed he would soon be making a decision.
And it seemed Haaland was putting the onus back on Dortmund, claiming the club have been applying pressure on him for some time.
“The last six months I have chosen not to say anything out of respect for Dortmund, but now the club has started to press me into making a decision, but all I want to do is to play football,” he said.
“But they press me to make a decision now about my future. So that means that I have to make a decision soon.
“They have started to put a lot of pressure on me, I have to accept that. I have chosen not to say anything out of respect for the club and the fans. But now a lot of pressure is coming from the club, so now is the time to get things started.
“This is what they want. It means that things will happen now. I have said from the beginning that I want to focus on football because that is when I am at my best, not when other things come to mind. So yeah, now they have put pressure for a while, it is time to get things started.
“Not now, because we are in the middle of a difficult period with a lot of games. All I want to do is to play football, but I can’t do that now.”
