Man United, Barcelona on alert after Haland hat trick
Posted Saturday, September 21, 2019 by ESPN
It has been a whirlwind week for FC Salzburg's Erling Braut Haland. The son of former Leeds favourite Alf-Inge Haland scored a hat trick for the Austrian side in a 6-2 win over Racing Genk in the Champions League on Tuesday, with his goalscoring feats witnessed by scouts from Manchester United. That sparked immediate speculation that he was bound for Old Trafford to play under countryman and Norwegian legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
However, according to Mundo Deportivo, it appears as though Barcelona are dead keen on getting in on the act too. The Spanish outlet reports that the Catalan giants were mightily impressed with his goalscoring feats in the opening round of Champions League group ties and now have the 19-year-old firmly on their radar as they prepare for a transfer raid in January or next summer.
His father, meanwhile, has told Norway station TV2 that it would be "nice" if his son -- who scored nine goals for Norway in a U20 World Cup match against Honduras earlier this year -- joined Manchester United, despite playing for the club's most hated rivals, Leeds United and Manchester City, during his playing career.
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