Electoral bacon is a well-known term in politics. When it builds up to a presidential election at Real Madrid, the mechanisms are the same. Florentino Perez is being challenged by Enrique Riquelme, the latter made a promise this week to bring in Erling Haaland if he becomes president, where “Haaland wants to go to Real Madrid and there is a buyout clause”. This has caused the City management to fire on all plugs.
On Thursday, Manchester City will come out to deny this story.
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“The stories that have emerged from Spain about Erling Haaland’s future are not true. There is no possibility of that happening, and there is no contractual clause that makes it possible,” a City spokesperson said, according to The Athletic.
“We are considering legal action due to the use of our player’s image in this context,” City said brusquely.
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