Former Real Madrid defender and assistant manager Aitor Karanka has backed the club's interest in signing Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland.
Los Blancos are understood to have made Haaland one of their top transfer targets for when the window reopens, having seen him score 40 goals in just 33 appearances this season - including 12 in 11 outings for Dortmund since joining in January.
The 19-year-old reportedly has a release clause of around £66m in his contract at the Westfalenstadion, and Karanka fully understands why the Norwegian is in such high demand.
"He's a young striker who scores goals. It's clear he has everything. He is no longer a player who comes from a minor league, shall we say," Karanka told Spanish news agency EFE.
"He arrived at Dortmund and has scored important goals, in the league and in the Champions League, and I think what makes him more attractive is the price he has.
"I think any big club wishing to bring in a player who can score goals would want him. And when you have a young player, who scores goals and has that price, which I don't think is particularly high, it's attractive for any club."
Recent reports have suggested that Madrid's hopes of signing Haaland in the near future have taken a blow, with his release clause allegedly not coming into effect until 2022.
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