Pep Guardiola's toxic relationship with super agent Mino Raiola will not stop Manchester City from joining the £100million race with rivals Manchester United to sign Erling Haaland.
City have made signing a goalscorer a top priority this summer – and also believe they remain frontrunners to seal a deal for Lionel Messi should the Argentine follow up his threat to quit Barcelona.
Haaland, 20, looks set to be sold at a premium price by Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season. A buy-out clause in his contract is set to kick-in in 2022, but they can get much more now.
But the Norwegian is represented by Raiola – the 53-year-old who fell out spectacularly with Guardiola over the City manager's treatment of Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he was
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