Goodbye Manchester City, Haaland's decision after Benzema's departure from Madrid

The departure of Karim Benzema from Real Madrid has been a hard blow for the club, the French striker decided to accept Al Ittihad's million-dollar offer, this has now caused president Florentino Pérez to look for a new striker for the following season.

The site fichajes.com reported that Manchester City is afraid that Erling Haaland will leave the club in 2024 and they offered him a new contract, but the Norwegian rejected the offer and plans to leave in a year because he has the goal of playing in the White House.

Haaland preferred to sign with Manchester City because at this club he would have more opportunities to play. In his first season with the Citizens he has scored more than 52 goals, he is a Premier League champion, they just won the FA Cup and Champions League.

The Central Defense site reported that Erling Haaland told his closest friends that a year ago he did not decide to play for Real Madrid because of the presence of Karim Benzema, the striker did not want to compete with the Frenchman at the club and that is why he took the decision to sign with Manchester City.

Haaland's reaction with Benzema

Erling Haaland already knows the news of the possible departure of Benzema from Real Madrid. "If this had been a year ago, my decision would have been more equal and I would not have been so clear about going to Manchester City", this was published by Central Defense. Now the player's agent, Rafaela Pimienta said that the player will remain at Manchester City.