{"id":26522,"date":"2024-12-20T10:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=26522"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:27:46","slug":"everton-rejected-chance-to-sign-erling-haaland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/everton-rejected-chance-to-sign-erling-haaland\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Everton Player Reveals Farhad Moshiri Rejected Chance To Sign Erling Haaland For Just \u00a32m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Everton player Aaron Lennon has revealed that the Toffees rejected the chance to sign a young Erling Haaland for just \u00a32m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/erling-haaland-contract-update\/\">Haaland<\/a> is one of the best players in world football and has been integral to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/chris-sutton-prediction-for-aston-villa-vs-manchester-city\/\">Man City&#8217;s<\/a> success.<\/p>\n<p>His stunning goalscoring form has helped City win back-to-back league titles, the FA Cup, Champions League and Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Everton have been battling to avoid relegation over recent season under the club&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/everton-takeover-the-friedkin-group-buy-club-from-farhad-moshiri\/\"> now former owner Farhad Moshiri.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/everton-f-c-vs-chelsea-stats\/\">Everton<\/a> spent big money under Moshiri&#8217;s ownership but many signings failed to deliver. However, Lennon has revealed that Everton could have signed Erling Haaland &#8211; a player who likely would have improved their fortunes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What could have been! \ud83d\ude32<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronLennon12?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AaronLennon12<\/a> reveals Farhad Moshiri turned down the chance to sign Erling Haaland for Everton for \u2018two or three million\u2019. \ud83e\udd26<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBCFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ManCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jklo2y2yI9\">pic.twitter.com\/jklo2y2yI9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5liveSport\/status\/1869850457960780032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Haaland Visited Everton As A Teenager<\/h2>\n<p>Aaron Lennon has revealed that Erling Haaland was given a tour of Everton as a teenager and how he had a face-to-face exchange with the Norwegian superstar before he was famous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;I remember <span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Erling Haaland<\/span> walking in the building with Steve Walsh, coming up to me in the physio room. Steve introduced him to me like &#8216;oh look we&#8217;ve got Haaland, you know his dad Alfie? The <span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Leeds<\/span> boy. Hopefully we&#8217;re going to have him here&#8217;,&#8221; Lennon told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02nrsln\/episodes\/downloads\">BBC&#8217;s Football Daily show.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;I was like oh wow I&#8217;ve not heard much of him, I think he was 15 or 16 years old and never seen him again. They could have had him for two or three million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;I think Moshiri didn&#8217;t sign off on that and can you imagine, Erling Haaland would have signed for <span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Everton<\/span>,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Haaland eventually ended up staying at boyhood club Molde. He later joined RB Salzburg and then Borussia Dortmund where he attracted the attention of the world&#8217;s biggest clubs.<\/p>\n<h3>Friedkin Group Complete Everton Takeover<\/h3>\n<p>Aaron Lennon&#8217;s admission over Erling Haaland comes a day after The Friedkin Group completed their takeover of Everton.<\/p>\n<p>The US company, which is owned by American billionaire Dan Friedkin, bought Farhad Moshiri\u2019s 94.1 per cent stake in the Toffees &#8211; bringing an end to his reign at the football club.<\/p>\n<p>A figure hasn&#8217;t been disclosed on how much the takeover has cost, however, all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/former-everton-star-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-match-fixing-offences\/\">Everton<\/a>\u2018s many debts have been converted into long-term debts. It is thought the deal could cost in the region of \u00a3500 million.<\/p>\n<p>Friedkin, who also owns Serie A side Roma, is reportedly worth $6.1 billion (\u00a34.8m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Everton player Aaron Lennon has revealed that the Toffees rejected the chance to sign a young Erling Haaland for just \u00a32m. Haaland is one of the best players in world football and has been integral to Man City&#8217;s success. 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