Market mistake: Why did Real Madrid not acquire Arling Holland?

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Real Madrid have been fantasizing for a long time about creating the next Galacticos project. Every summer the names of a host of stars are mentioned to strengthen the Blancos such as Paul Pogba, Angulo Canta, Killian Ambape and in the last year also Arling Holland, but in fact the Blancos could have got their hands on him about two years ago, when it cost only eight million euros.

In “Marca” they tried to explain why Real did not gamble on him anymore when he played in the homeland, from where he came to Salzburg and from there to Dortmund and noted the fact that already in the summer of 2019 he was a familiar name in her notebook. At that time, he scored a ninth in the Norwegian national team uniform against Honduras in the World Cup up to the age of 20 and received special attention around the world, and the Blancos, who target a variety of markets and are looking for young people around the world, marked him.

so what happened? At that time Real was targeting a completely different market – the Brazilian. The Spanish champions dealt with the addition of Rodrigo, Vinicius Jr. and Reneir while the Netherlands was acquired by Salzburg and the rest is history.

And what next? The Netherlands, of course, will be the Blancos’ main target in the near future alongside Killian Ambape and is now valued at around € 100 million. Marca explained that her good relationship with Dortmund and his agent Mino Raiola could help Real, but the Schwarzgelben do not intend to sell him soon.

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