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Erling Braut Haaland could snub Premier League giants for RB Leipzig - report

Erling Braut Haaland

The Norway international has set the Champions League alight this season by becoming the first player to score seven goals in his first four games in the competition.

The 19-year-old already has 23 strikes to his name this term in 17 appearances across all competitions, and his superb form has not gone unnoticed.

But Haaland’s valuation has now gone above £80 million after his prolific start to the 2019/20 season.

"At one stage he would like to play in the Premier League, but when that will happen I don't know,” he told TalkSport earlier this week.

“It is a very tough league. Up to now he is ahead of the stage we thought he would be at. He is built for the Premier League, but whether that will happen now or at a later stage, we don't know.

"He is at Salzburg - a fantastic club playing Champions League - so in a way he is in no hurry.

"They have shown from the past that they are a 'middle step' club and, if they are going to recruit players in the future, they can't put a stupid price tag on the players because nobody would want to go there.

"He was a Leeds fan and a City fan and a Nottingham Forest fan; he followed me obviously, but that is what you do in your youth, It is different being a supporter and having a job, but he was born in Leeds."

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.