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title: "Newcastle United: Bundesliga journalist drops Erling Haaland transfer update"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/erling-haaland-premier-league/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2021-10-14T13:10:29Z"
modified: "2021-10-14T13:10:29Z"
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# Newcastle United: Bundesliga journalist drops Erling Haaland transfer update

**Bundesliga journalist [Christian Falk](https://twitter.com/cfbayern/status/1448206671176769540) has dropped a short and sweet 12-word update on the potential transfer of Erling Haaland to Newcastle United.**

### The Lowdown: Speculation

There has been a lot of speculation and talk since the takeover at St. James’ Park by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium from a number of [outlets](https://www.football365.com/news/transfer-gossip-manchester-city-signficant-haaland-advantage-newcastle-barcelona-centre-back) and [pundits](https://www.footballinsider247.com/newcastle-could-make-staggering-haaland-move-after-190m-january-reveal-pundit/) over whether Haaland is now a realistic target for the North East club.

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The Borussia Dortmund superstar is attracting plenty of [interest](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/solskjaer-man-utd-haaland-transfer-25211514) from some of the top clubs in European football, but with the Magpies’ new mega-rich owners, could he be tempted by the new project on Tyneside?

### The Latest: No consideration

As per [Falk](https://twitter.com/cfbayern/status/1448206671176769540), Haaland is not considering a move to the Toon at this moment in time: “Not true is that Erling Haaland is considering a transfer to NUFC”.

### The Verdict: Unrealistic

Even though NUFC now have unbelievable riches available to them, a move for Haaland still seems very unrealistic at this moment in time.

The striker has been simply phenomenal since joining Dortmund, averaging more than a goal per game over the past three seasons in total over all competitions ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/erling-haaland/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/418560/plus/0?saison=&verein=16&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=)).

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Newcastle cannot offer him UEFA Champions League football currently, which is where a player of his calibre should be playing, and do not yet have a team that they can build around him.

Thus, they need to bring in a new squad of talent first of all before they can think about trying to persuade the Norway international to join up down the line.

[***In other news, find out which £36m-rated Premier League star is NUFC’s ‘priority’ to sign here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-transfer-rumours/wesley-fofana-leicester-premier-league/)