DORTMUND: Hans-Joachim Watzke (L), CEO of Borussia Dortmund, poses with the club’s new recruit, Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland on Sunday.—AFP
DORTMUND: Hans-Joachim Watzke (L), CEO of Borussia Dortmund, poses with the club’s new recruit, Norwegian forward Erling Braut Haaland on Sunday.—AFP

DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund have signed promising young striker Erling Haaland from Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg on a four-and-a-half year deal, the Bundesliga club said on Sunday.

The transfer fee was undisclosed but British media reported the German side paid the equivalent of about 18 million pounds ($23 million) for the 19-year-old, who signed a deal until June 2024.

Haaland, 19, shot to fame this season when he scored 16 league goals and eight goals in the Champions League group stages — second only to Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski’s tally of 10.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2019

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