According to rumours, Real Madrid is getting ready for "Operation Haaland," in which the Spanish powerhouses will prioritize recruiting the Norwegian wonderkid for the 2024 season.
Regardless of whether the team keeps after Kylian Mbappe, Haaland is the current priority, and Madrid is reportedly preparing to pay Haaland's projected price tag of between £194.5 and £212.2 million (€220 to €240 million).
According to Spanish publication as, the long-term acquisition will allow the Manchester City striker to join the team as Karim Benzema's tenure with the organization comes to an end.
With the team where he has played since 2009, Benzema "verbally agreed" to a one-year contract extension, keeping him in the Spanish capital through 2024.
Once Cristiano Ronaldo left for Juventus in 2018, the French international easily took over as Los Blancos' line-leader, and "Operation Haaland" will try to maintain the smooth transition process.
The 14-time Champions League champions feel they will be in a strong position to recruit the striker and be able to secure the deal over competing teams if they organize themselves in advance.
Previously, Sportsmail stated that Real Madrid would be eager to take advantage of any penalties City would receive after the Premier League charged the team with more than 100 financial rule violations in their pursuit of Haaland.
The 22-year-previous old's suitors were Real Madrid in 2022, when it was City who offered Haaland a £51.2 million inducement to leave Borussia Dortmund.
Yet Haaland decided to transfer to the Premier League because of his personal ties to the City citizens, Benzema's scorching form, and City's financial might.
The LaLiga team does, however, think that signing the player is feasible because Haaland's five-year contract contains a release clause.
Initial worries that Haaland's release clause was connected to Pep Guardiola's personal contract with the Manchester club are believed to have been disproved, according to as.
Even after the disastrous misstep last summer, which resulted in an almost-deal with the Paris Saint-Germain player falling through, the club is still keen in signing Mbappe, but they may wait until the player becomes a free agency in 2024.
The very concept of a Mbappe-Haaland-Vinicius Jr. front three will probably make opponents shudder, and Madrid may be able to pursue this "super-galactico" ambition since Benzema, Luka Modrid, and Eden Hazard's time at the club is most certainly coming to an end.
Haaland has been in incredible form lately for City, scoring two hat-tricks in as many days last week in the club's Champions League and FA Cup matches before the break.
His season tally now stands at 42, and Alan Shearer said on Match of the Day that, given his current form, Haaland could reach as many as "60" goals by the end of the campaign.
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