Guardiola Calls On Real Madrid To Make An Offer For Haaland!

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola asked Real Madrid to make an offer for star Erling Haaland if they really wanted him, after numerous reports linked the royal team to signing the Norwegian. There were reports in Spain last week that Haaland hates life in Manchester so much that he wants to leave the club, and that Real Madrid is the closest to signing him. The suspicion at City is that this may have been an attempt by the Madrid-leaning media to unsettle the 23-year-old and push him towards the Bernabeu . However, Guardiola, who has witnessed such things before, is confident it will not work and has challenged any interested club to say so . Guardiola said in global statements: “For one report, or one journalist, or one Twitter account, or one Instagram account, do you think they will change something that will happen? It will not happen . ” He added: "It will happen when Erling decides to extend the contract or not, or when the club decides to extend the contract or not, or when we have potential offers for him or not. If someone wants Erling, it's easy, call Manchester City and ask, that's what we do." When we want to sign someone, it's not more complicated than that." Haaland scored 52 goals in an amazing first season at Etihad Stadium, and had already scored 19 goals this season before being sidelined with a foot injury in early December . Guardiola said: "What do you think? That we don't want Erling to stay here for one decade? We want him - for a very long time at this club. For a long time. We love him, we want him." However, Guardiola admits he does not know what the future holds, saying: “I have no information. He arrived last season and the impact was unbelievable. At the start of this season, the numbers were really good as well. He was injured for two months . ” He continued: “What will happen in the future? Honestly, I don’t know. We are happy to have him, and we hope he will be happy to be with us. This is what we know. And the rest? I don’t know .” He returned to confirm: “It is an honor for Real Madrid to be associated with Haaland. This means that we have done a good job, especially Erling, and in his case he did an incredible job.”