Borussia Dortmund chief hands Manchester United Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland transfer boost
Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has refused to rule out the prospect of the club having to sell key players amid the ongoing financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bundesliga side have two of the brightest prospects in European football within their ranks in the form of Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland – and both of them are long-term targets for Manchester United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made Sancho, 20, his top priority transfer last summer but the club failed to come an agreement with Dortmund, who refused to budge on their £105million valuation of the winger.
One of Dortmund’s other prized assets Haaland was in talks with Solskjaer in December 2019 over a move to Old Trafford, however, the striker instead opted to move to Germany and has since become one of the most feared No.9s across the continent.
The 20-year-old has 17 Bundesliga goals in as many games this season and his agent Mino Raiola recently revealed as many as four Premier League clubs could compete for his signature.
Haaland has a release clause of £65m which becomes active in 2022 but Dortmund will likely have their resolve tested this summer given the widespread interest in the player.
Although Watzke is keen for the club to hold onto their star performers, he suggested future sales may be a necessity given the current financial climate.
‘In the midst of a pandemic, I no longer rule anything out,’ Watzke told Handelsblatt.
‘But it is not necessarily aspired to. Above all, there is the financial balance: that we have a strong team on the field and are economically stable at the same time.
‘Asking banks for credit lines at the drop of a hat just to avoid selling a player will not be our way.’
Solskjaer handed Haaland his first team debut back at Molde, and when quizzed on a potential move to reunite with the striker at United, the Norwegian boss admitted the two still ‘keep in touch’.
‘I think when you have had kids and players through as a coach you follow them,’ said Solskjaer earlier this week.
‘I keep in touch with Erling – it is great to see him become the player he has become.
‘He is a Dortmund player and we wish him well there. Let’s see what life will bring later on.’
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