The club wants to loan Manchester City’s star striker Erling Haaland because the Norwegian is not taking part in the World Cup in Qatar. “Ashton United can confirm that the club have submitted a 28-day loan offer for Manchester City striker Erling Haaland,” the club said in a statement.
The background to the curious idea is the long World Cup break: Because the English champions only play again five days after the end of the World Cup on December 23 in the League Cup against Liverpool, Haaland has more than a month after the international match with Norway on Sunday against Finland Break.
“It just makes sense. City aren’t playing and we want to help by keeping Erling fit. It makes more sense than him playing golf for six weeks. We think he’ll be a great fit for us and fit in very well fit into our squad dynamics,” said Ashton’s manager Michael Clegg. “This is not a joke, we are waiting for an answer,” Ashton United tweeted.
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