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Haaland roadshow suggests summer transfer; economics and release clause say not until 2022

The Erling Haaland roadshow is in full swing, just as it was nearly 18 months ago, pre-pandemic. Back then, he was a man-child of a center-forward who was banging in goals for Jesse Marsch's RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga (16 in 14 games) and the Champions League (eight in six) and "Team Haaland" -- his dad, Alfie, and his adviser, super agent Mino Raiola -- were peddling his services to clubs around Europe. Now, at 20, he's still banging in goals in the Bundesliga (albeit, the German one, for Borussia Dortmund, several steps up the food chain) at a more than healthy clip (21 goals in 22 games) and the Champions League (10 in seven) and Team Haaland is making the rounds, both in person (as in this trip to Barcelona last week) and via Zoom.