Klopp celebrates, Haaland leaves Manchester City, Guardiola quakes for Carabao Cup

23 goals in 18 games, five in the Champions League in just four matches and the highest rated player in world football are the calling cards of Erling Haaland, a beast who has already knocked out the rest of the world's contenders and is on his way to making history in a big way, one that he is already writing in gold letters at the Etihad Stadium. However, the Norwegian is set to be sidelined for the World Cup in Qatar.

We already know that the team of the sky blue giants and Martin Odegaard, Norway, did not qualify for the World Cup finals, which literally leaves the Manchester City nine under Pep Guardiola on holiday and that has led to the fact that in addition to Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, his most important suitors in view of the time of activation of his 2024 clause, for which he can leave for 180 million euros (or 200, depending on the source), there is now a third, much less glamorous than the two aforementioned.

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Ashton United, from England's seventh tier, the Northern Premier League's Premier Division, have made a very specific proposal to the player, one that, although it sounds like a bad joke, has a certain amount of logic to it. His manager, Michael Clegg, explained to 90 mins: "It just makes sense to try and sign Erling on loan at Ashton United. City are not playing and we want to keep Erling fit. It makes more sense than playing golf.

There has been no comment on this proposal, which is not at all far-fetched, from the Scandinavian star, the English club or Pep Guardiola himself, but the news has gone around the world because of who is affected and because of his special circumstances during this World Cup break.

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This could be beneficial for Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp, because if he accepts this crazy proposal, Haaland would not have the rest during the World Cup that men like Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Luis Díaz, who will not be in Qatar, will have. This will help them arrive in great physical shape for the Carabao Cup game on 22 December.