Tuchel admits Chelsea could bring in Haaland to partner Lukaku
Chelsea gaffer ThomasTuchel says the club have discussed a move for Erling Haaland and has not ruled out partnering the sensational striker with Romelu Lukaku at Stamford Bridge.
Haaland has been a target for a number of elite clubs in Europe over the past transfer window. Haaland first Dortmund campaign saw him register 41 goals in 41 appearances in all competitions.
Haaland has unto his name 70 goals in 69 games for Borussia Dortmund since his debut in January 2020 – only Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski (88 goals in 73 games) has a better return among players from Europe’s top five leagues.
The 21-year-old has two and a half years on his contract at Signal Iduna Park and Dortmund were under no pressure to sell their prolific target man in the close season after offloading Jadon Sancho to Manchester United for £72.9 million (€85m).
Reports claim that Chelsea is looking forward to triggering Haaland’s release clause of €75m at the end of the current campaign and Tuchel indicated Chelsea could still make a move for the in-demand striker.
“We talked about Erling Haaland a couple of times, including during the transfer window. But then it seemed absolutely unrealistic and not at all feasible,” he told Sport Bild.
“We still talk about him regularly, of course, because he’s a fantastic player and clearly the defining figure at Dortmund, who are a big rival for us in the Champions League.”
Chelsea signed Romelu Lukaku from Inter ahead of the 2021-22 campaign and the Belgium international has scored four goals in his first 10 games back at the Bridge
When asked about Lukaku and Haaland playing together at the Bridge, Tuchel said: “We can talk about it. I don’t think we’ve been really serious about it yet, but let’s see what will happen in the next few weeks”.
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