Koeman does Real Madrid a favour with Haaland and Pogba

Two names are going to be linked with moves away all summer. Erling Haaland and Paul Pogba will be the headline acts of the summer transfer window. 

Mino Raiola is rubbing his hands with glee. He knows that the Borussia Dortmund striker and Man Utd midfielder attract plenty of interest and that both are his players. 

Real Madrid and Barcelona are among the candidates to get hold of these two players. However, according to 'AS', Raiola has ruled out the Catalan giants. 

The sacking of Koeman has been the straw which has broken the camel's back. The crisis Barcelona are emerged in has made Raiola cross his name off the list of possible players for Barcelona. 

Therefore, Koeman has sort of done Real Madrid a favour. Now, Real Madrid will have one less challenger when it comes to bidding for Haaland and Pogba. 

In the case of Haaland, there is fierce competition. Not only Real Madrid are interested. PSG also have him on their list of targets and Man City still have their eyes on him. Whoever wants him will have to pay him 36 million euros a year. 

With Pogba, Real Madrid will find it easier. The midfielder is reportedly clear that he wants to leave when his contract expires in June 2022. so he would leave for free. His first choice is to go to Real Madrid.