# City Slam Door Shut on Haaland Madrid Nonsense
Manchester City have absolutely blanked a Real Madrid presidential candidate’s laughable attempt to win votes by parading an Erling Haaland shirt on live telly. The audacity of the bloke to suggest the Premier League’s most prolific hitman would be swapping the Etihad for the Bernabéu is frankly embarrassing, and City aren’t having a word of it. The club are reportedly considering legal action over the outlandish claim – and you can’t blame them, can you? Haaland’s got years left on his contract and is bang in the middle of his prime, terrorising defences across England week in, week out.
City’s position is crystal clear: Erling isn’t going anywhere. The 24-year-old has become an absolute machine in the Premier League, smashing goal records and becoming the focal point of Pep Guardiola’s masterclass in modern football. To suggest he’d abandon that for a move to Spain – even if it’s to one of Europe’s biggest clubs – is pure fantasy, and City have made it abundantly clear they’ll protect their asset with everything they’ve got, including the law courts if necessary.
This reeks of desperation from whoever’s peddling this nonsense in Madrid’s boardroom battle. Using one of world football’s biggest names to score cheap political points is a new low, and it’s backfired spectacularly. City’s message to Real Madrid, and anyone else sniffing around their Norwegian sensation, is simple: don’t waste your time, don’t waste ours, and don’t go making daft promises on live television that you’ve got no chance of keeping.