Erling Haaland will be Real Madrid‘s priority target this summer if Vinicius Jr leaves for Saudi Arabia, according to a report.
The Brazilian megastar continues to be courted by Saudi Pro League clubs that dream of making him the face of their league. There have been reports that Al-Ahli would be prepared to go as high as 350 million to lure Vinicius Jr to the Middle East.
According to FootballTransfers there is a willingness at Real Madrid to at least consider such a world-record proposal as the club are fed up with the player’s antics in negotiations over a new deal.
Of course, Real Madrid would be loath to lose a player of his quality, but they are unwilling to match his contract demands. Vinicius Jr wants to receive a significant pay raise and is using the Saudi interest as leverage. However, Real Madrid are getting tired of his ‘bluff.’
Vinicius Jr himself would prefer to stay at Real Madrid, but Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg now states that a potential ‘XXL transfer’ to Saudi Arabia ‘isn’t entirely off the table,’ with club bosses around Europe believing that a deal is possible.
Plettenberg also states that such a move would have huge implications for the Premeir League as Real Madrid would make Man City striker Erling Haaland their top priority in the event of Vinicius Jr’s departure.
The German outlet previously revealed that Haaland would like to play professionally in Spain at some point in his career as he is very fond of the country after spending a lot of time in Marbella with his family as a child.
