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Transfer news: Borussia Dortmund insist Erling Haaland is not moving to PSG

Erling Haaland
(Image credit: PA)

Borussia Dortmund will not sell Erling Haaland to PSG before the transfer window closes on Tuesday.

The Norway international has been linked with the French giants in recent days as a potential replacement for Kylian Mbappe.

Real Madrid are hoping to sign Mbappe in the next 36 hours, having offered £146m plus £8.5m in add-ons.

The Dortmund striker will be available for around £65m next summer when a release clause in his contract kicks in.

Even an offer of £173m, the figure PSG were rumoured to be willing to spend on the 21-year-old, would not be enough to change BVB's mind.

“We are a football club, not a bank! Our position is very clear and did not change," Dortmund director Michael Zorc told Kicker

"I assume that we will now be confronted with wild rumours for another two days. Our position is clear, I don't need to play the parrot all the time."

It is a definitive statement from Zorc, who has repeatedly told reporters this summer that the club's plans for 2021/22 feature Haaland.

Dortmund sold Jadon Sancho to Manchester United for £73m and are under no financial pressure to part with his erstwhile team-mate.

With Haaland leading the line, who's to say BVB cannot win the Bundesliga or the Champions League this season?

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