Before Manchester City’s game against Real Madrid, the BT Sport pundits spent some time discussing the chances of Erling Haaland joining the club in the summer, “the final piece in the jigsaw” as some would see it. BT, as is their habit, talked about it in gushing tones, making it sound like an improbably thrilling development for this club which has pulled itself up by its bootstraps and dreams of nothing else except toppling the big boys of European football. The reality is more prosaic. Haaland, more than likely, will sign for City in the summer, providing them with the…

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