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Borussia Dortmund have announced the signing of RB Salzburg striker Erling Haaland on a contract until 2024.<\/p>\nBorussia Dortmund have announced the signing of RB Salzburg striker Erling Haaland on a contract until 2024.<\/p>\n
Haaland, 19, had been linked with a switch to Manchester United after impressing with eight goals in the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n
Dortmund said the Bundesliga club had \u201cnotified Haaland\u2019s current employer to meet all the contractual conditions necessary for a transfer in good time\u201d ahead of the transfer window opening.<\/p>\n
Haaland will officially join the Germans on January 3 and then head out to the club\u2019s training camp in Marbella.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had intensive discussions with the club management and the sports management, especially with Hans-Joachim Watzke, Michael Zorc and trainer Lucien Favre,\u201d Haaland said on the Dortmund website.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a feeling right from the start that I absolutely wanted to switch to this club, go this route and play football in this incredible Dortmund atmosphere in front of more than 80,000 spectators. I\u2019m already burning for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haaland, the son of former Manchester City midfielder Alf-Inge, had been among Manchester United\u2019s transfer targets after making an outstanding start to his first season at the Austrian champions.<\/p>\n
United had been hopeful Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s personal relationship with striker Haaland from their time together at Molde would have helped get a deal over the line.<\/p>\n
Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke feels the transfer is something of a coup.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite many offers from absolute top clubs from all over Europe, Erling Haaland decided on the sporting task at BVB and the perspective that we have shown him,\u201d he said. \u201cOur tenacity has paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n