Man Utd-linked Haaland interested in future EPL move, says father Alf-Inge
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Alf-Inge Haaland, who played for Manchester City among other English clubs, admits the Premier League interests his teenage son Erling
Red Bull Salzburg striker Erling Haaland - who has been heavily linked with Manchester United - has ambitions to play in the Premier League, according to his father..
"He was a Leeds fan and a [Manchester] City fan and a Nottingham Forest fan. He followed me but that's what you do in your youth," Haaland senior told talkSPORT.
"There's a difference between being a supporter and having it as a job.
"I think at one stage he would like to play in the Premier League. When that's going to happen, I don't know. It's a very tough league.
"Up to now he's ahead of the stage we thought he would be at. He's built for the Premier League at one stage, I think. Whether that happens now or at a later stage, we don't know."
Recent reports have suggested Salzburg could ask for up to €100 million for the impressive centre-forward, who is already a two-cap Norway international.
Alf-Inge doubts the Austrian club would demand such an exorbitant fee, however.
"There are always stories," he said. "He's at Salzburg and he's at a fantastic club and playing in the Champions League, so in a way, there's no hurry.
"But Salzburg have shown in the past they're sort of a middle-step club and if they're going to recruit players in the future they can't put a stupid price tag on the players, otherwise nobody would like to go there."
Alf-Inge Haaland, who played for Manchester City among other English clubs, admits the Premier League interests his teenage son Erling
"He was a Leeds fan and a [Manchester] City fan and a Nottingham Forest fan. He followed me but that's what you do in your youth," Haaland senior told talkSPORT.
"There's a difference between being a supporter and having it as a job.
"I think at one stage he would like to play in the Premier League. When that's going to happen, I don't know. It's a very tough league.
"Up to now he's ahead of the stage we thought he would be at. He's built for the Premier League at one stage, I think. Whether that happens now or at a later stage, we don't know."
Recent reports have suggested Salzburg could ask for up to €100 million for the impressive centre-forward, who is already a two-cap Norway international.
Alf-Inge doubts the Austrian club would demand such an exorbitant fee, however.
"There are always stories," he said. "He's at Salzburg and he's at a fantastic club and playing in the Champions League, so in a way, there's no hurry.
"But Salzburg have shown in the past they're sort of a middle-step club and if they're going to recruit players in the future they can't put a stupid price tag on the players, otherwise nobody would like to go there."
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