Today’s fluff is preparing for the January sales
The Mill welcomes you this Friday with news of an expected stampede in Austria’s post-Christmas January sales. You see, reports in
Germany suggest that RB Salzburg “goal giant” Erling Braut Haaland does indeed have a £17m release clause in his contract. The club denied such a thing existed last week which, The Mill supposes, you would do if you had a player on your books whom clubs were falling over themselves to offer £50m-plus for.
Manchester United are among a number of European clubs to have been linked with the goal-guzzling big man who Ole Gunnar Solskjær managed at Molde, but talent-polishing German giants Borussia Dortmund appear to be leading the race for the Norway striker as they look to close the five-point gap at the top of the Bundesliga.
In a further blow to United’s January transfer hopes, Dortmund are going to put £100m-rated Jadon Sancho – who is also being monitored by
Liverpool – under lock and key at the Westfalenstadion until at least the summer. Hot air emanating from Istanbul suggests that mid-table Süper Lig side Galatasaray will try to sweet-talk Xherdan Shaqiri into leaving
Premier League title-chasers Liverpool in January but the “Power Cube” might want to hang around until at least May, having been brought back into the fold and scoring against Everton on Wednesday.