The pursuit of Real Madrid and Barcelona after Arling Holland Israel today

Goal: Dortmund striker • In the role of Chaser: Florentino Perez and Juan Laporta • The war of the Spanish luxury clubs is not just on the lawn, and this time they seem ready to go all the way - each for his own reasons

• Arling Holland

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The summer of 2021 is essential for the future of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

With hopes that the corona plague will disappear as it comes and fans will return to the pitches and with them the fat revenue, the two greats of Spanish football, perhaps global, must make significant deals to regain control of Europe.

The Blancos because for several years it has been saving the money for the really first Galactico after Cristiano Ronaldo, and Barça because the new-old president Joan Laporta wants to lead a competitive project to win the Champions League and convince Leo Messi to end his career in Catalonia.

As has happened in many cases, from Alfredo Di Stefano in the 1950s to Neymar today, Real and Barça are fighting for the same stars.

The first is one of the pioneers with the most promising future - Arling Holland.

The 20-year-old Norwegian could leave Borussia Dortmund in 2022 with a relatively cheap price tag of 75 million euros.

But his agent Mino Raiola will not want to miss an opportunity to get a bigger slice of the pie, and will try to put it this summer in one of the biggest teams in Europe.

In that case, its price will be no less than 180 million euros.

Real and Barça humbly accept the fact that financially they can not compete with Manchester City.

Beyond that, his father Alfi has played there in the past for three years.

La Liga president Javier Tabas has admitted that in order to bring the Netherlands the candidates need to have "magic tricks", so if he finally chooses Spain, one question remains open: Which luxury club will have greater magic?

On the one hand, Real have much more economic capabilities, and its president, Florentino Perez, a close friend of Dortmund president Reinhard Reubel.

According to the media in Madrid, the striker prefers the Blancos.

There are those at the club who still think Real must put all their eggs in the most sought after basket in recent years, Killian Ambape.

The Frenchman has not previously hidden his dream of playing under esteemed coach Zinedine Zidane.

Barca, on the other hand, have an advantage - the close relationship between Laporta and Raiola.

But with friends do not go to the grocery store, especially when it comes to one of the most expensive shopping baskets in the last decade.

Before the Netherlands wears the shirt that now surrealistically belongs to Martin Brightway and before thousands of tourists from Norway visit the Camp Nou, Barcelona must resolve the Messi issue.

As of today, the Argentine is very close to the decision to continue at the club he came to as a child.

But if the flea stays, Barça will have an even greater need to sell stars, because its financial situation is very bad.

Filippa Coutinho, Anton Griezmann and Osman Dembele are

first on the list.

Who needs it more?

The really important question is who needs the striker who has scored 33 goals in 31 games this season?

Real have the excellent Karim Benzema, but there is no doubt that since Ronaldo left the "whites" need an egotistical striker in the good sense of the word, who thinks only of scoring goals.

There are commentators in Madrid who are even fantasizing about the Ambape-Holland duo as early as next season.

For Florentino, Spain's "white shark", there would be no better duet to accompany the reopening of the spectacular Santiago Bernabeu.

As far as Barça is concerned, although it gives complete confidence in its Enso Patti diamond, Laporta must be there to excite the fans, one that will guarantee 30 goals a season, mainly because in two or three years Messi will no longer be number 10 almighty.

All of course with the thought that the Argentine, who will celebrate June 34, will decide to continue with the team.

Two reports talked yesterday about two different players and clubs, but with a connection between them.

The first was with the English "Sun" about the fact that City want to bring the Netherlands already in the summer, with a record salary in the Premier League of about 700 thousand euros a week.

The other was from the Catalan "Sport", which claims that Pep Guardiola's team is no longer interested in making a Messi deal. 

Laporta can persuade the Argentine to stay if he also brings in his close friend Sergio Aguero or even Lautro Martinez.

He is also able, despite the great economic pit, to acquire a pioneer of the size of the Netherlands, literally, to get out of it.

The Dutch family has a home in Marbella, southern Spain.

The question is whether next year he will have a home in Madrid or Barcelona as well.