{"id":1122853,"date":"2019-01-07T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1122853"},"modified":"2020-01-07T13:10:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T13:10:25","slug":"erling-braut-haaland-borussia-dortmund-win-the-race-to-striker","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/erling-braut-haaland-borussia-dortmund-win-the-race-to-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Four ways Borussia Dortmund can line up with new signing Erling Haaland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Borussia Dortmund have won the race to sign in-demand Norwegian striker Erling Braut Haaland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old has enjoyed a sharp rise to prominence with Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg this season, scoring eight goals in six Champions League games, as well as a further 16 in just 14 league appearances.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Haaland to Dortmund: Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Only Robert Lewandowski (10) has scored more UCL goals this season than Haaland (eight).<\/li>\n<li>The Norway international also has 16 goals in 14 Austrian Bundesliga appearances.<\/li>\n<li>His form has saw him linked with the likes of Man Utd, Juventus and Liverpool in recent months.<\/li>\n<li>But Borussia Dortmund have announced the signing of the 19-year-old.<\/li>\n<li>Haaland will join in January on a four-and-a-half-year deal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1122853-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" poster=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29171154\/haaland.png\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29171441\/Borussia-Dortmund-Haaland-2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29171441\/Borussia-Dortmund-Haaland-2.mp4\">https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29171441\/Borussia-Dortmund-Haaland-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That form had seen him linked with the likes of Manchester United, Juventus and Liverpool to name but a few potential destinations. However, in the end, it is German giants Dortmund who have won out, signing Haaland on a four-and-a-half-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Die Schwarzgelben announced the signing with a post on their official Twitter account which showed someone reading a list of aims for 2020. They were: learn German, score more goals, enjoy the Yellow Wall, win the Derby and ask for the all-black shirt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">? Wer schreibt denn hier schon seine W\u00fcnsche f\u00fcr 2020 auf? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rhGmVlMhs\">pic.twitter.com\/6rhGmVlMhs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BVB\/status\/1211293640598937602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the video, the camera panned out to reveal Haaland before showing the striker signing a contract. The striker has already revealed he is &#8220;burning&#8221; to play in front of an 80-000 strong Dortmund crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had intensive discussions with the club management and the sports management, especially with Hans-Joachim Watzke, Michael Zorc and trainer Lucien Favre,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/12\/29\/erling-haaland-rejects-man-utd-transfer-striker-joins-borussia-dortmund-11972580\/?ito=cbshare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Haaland upon signing his deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a feeling right from the start that I absolutely wanted to switch to this club, go this route and play football in this incredible Dortmund atmosphere in front of more than 80,000 spectators. I\u2019m already burning for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SquawkaScout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SquawkaScout<\/a>: Erling H\u00e5land<\/p>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund have just signed themselves a freak of nature. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NaxNjyHr5b\">pic.twitter.com\/NaxNjyHr5b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1211297353384243201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dortmund are currently in the middle of their winter break, meaning Haaland may have to wait until January 18th to make his debut when Lucien Favre&#8217;s men travel to Augsburg, chasing down a seven-point gap on Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig in the title race.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager&#8217;s arrival represents a significant statement of intent and proves how attractive an option the club is to young players, despite having to compete with teams capable of offering significantly higher wages.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Dortmund could line up with Haaland<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With the likes of Marco Reus, Thorgan Hazard and Julian Brandt in the Dortmund squad, Favre has a number of options when trying to get the best out of Haaland, who joins a team laced with versatility.<\/p>\n<p>The most obvious choice for Favre would be to continue in his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation, with Haaland replacing Spanish striker Paco Alcacer as the lone striker, supported by a trio of Hazard, Reus and Jadon Sancho.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1124034\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-66x65.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/01\/07130330\/dortmund-4-2-3-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, as mentioned, Favre&#8217;s squad is rich with players able to operate in multiple positions across the midfield and forward line, leaving a number of options open if he wishes to fit Haaland in around some of his bigger names.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three more of those potential line-ups:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1122869\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up.png\" alt=\"Haaland: Borussia Dortmund line up\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up.png 1080w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29152919\/4-3-3_line-up-50x50.png 50w, 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The 19-year-old has enjoyed a sharp rise to prominence with Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg this season, scoring eight goals in six Champions League games, as well as a further 16 in just 14 league appearances. Haaland to Dortmund: Five key&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":1122873,"parent":0,"menu_order":7695,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Erling Haaland: Four ways Borussia Dortmund can line up with new signing","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Borussia Dortmund have won the race to sign in-demand Norwegian striker Erling Braut Haaland on a four-and-a-half-year deal.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1122853","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Erling Haaland: Four ways Borussia Dortmund can line up with new signing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Borussia Dortmund have won the race to 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