The striker, that has been targeted by both Manchester clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, admitted ‘things will start to happen now’ as Borussia Dortmund is now pressurizing him to decide his future.
‘[For] The last six months I have chosen not to say anything out of respect for Borussia Dortmund, but now the club has started pressing me into making a decision,’ the 21-year-old told Viasat on Friday, after the game against Freiburg which he bagged a brace scoring.
‘All I want to do is to play football, but they [Dortmund] press me to make a decision now about my future […] So that means I have to make a decision soon.’
Haaland scored 78 goals in 77 games in all competitions for Dortmund, since he joined the club in 2020.
‘They have started to put a lot of pressure on me and I have to accept that,’ he said.
‘I have chosen not to say anything out of respect for the club and the fans.
‘But now that a lot of pressure is coming from the club, so it is the time to get things started. It means things will happen now.’
‘I have said from the beginning I want to focus on football, because that’s when I am at my best. Not when other things come into my mind.
On when to come up with a decision, he replied: ‘Not now because we’re 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. ‘
‘I have said from the beginning I want to focus on football, because that’s when I am at my best. Not when other things come into my mind.
