Erling Haaland's father, Alfe-Inge, has taken a swipe at Manchester United by claiming his son chose Borussia Dortmund because 'the whole club' wanted him.
The Norwegian scored 28 times for Red Bull Salzburg before making the switch to Germany in January.
A number of clubs were interested in the striker including United who looked to be favourites at one stage with fellow countryman and former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the helm.
The United boss worked with Haaland at Molde and did not attempt to hide his interest in the forward.
But the 19-year-old's father admitted he had fears over his son's future if Solskjaer was sacked.
'You never know how it would go in other clubs. It may well have been good, too,' he told TV2.
'We'll never get an answer to that. But we are very happy with the clubs he has been in.
'You have to go to a club where the whole club wants you, not just the coach.
'I think that's the most important thing, in addition to how the club has been over the last five or ten years and what direction they've taken.'
Haaland has hit the ground running since joining the Bundesliga side with 12 goals in 11 games.
United remain admirers of the striker and may yet look to lure him to Old Trafford next season.
Haaland's father played for two of the club's rivals during his own career, Manchester City and Leeds, and was involved in an incident with Roy Keane when the latter claimed to have deliberately injure his opponent during a Manchester derby.
Keane later claimed he had intended to hurt Haaland as revenge for an earlier challenge but did not want to injure him.
Sabacdlry
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United does not need Sancho we got the best young player Mason Greenwood in Europe in his age group already at the club who is going to be better than Sancho but Ole inexperience as a manager to incorporate youth inexperience and experience into a wining team capable of beating team out of the top six in the premier league definitely put ascender to that theory but in fairness to Ole very few manager possess that ability to do so with the exception of Arsene Wenger Massimiliano Allegri Jurgen Klopp Thomas Tuchel Lucien Favre and coach Mauricio Pochettino who has been successful in accomplishing this task
Jsmooth
232
Settle and be humble. He just moved to Dortmund, why would he even think to move again. That’s only gonna put a bad reputation on your career
Powerglide
211
Am I the only person that thinks man just wanted media coverage?
wocbikps
180
I saw Holland turned to bullsheet,running like chicken who lost directions,when PSG was beating Dortmund 3-0.He couldn't shoot or posses ball. The guy is just ordinary person with 2 legs. Manchester has potentially scored 15 goals in 4 last games has outstanding squad.Even without Sancho or Holland United is qualifying for top4 and Europa League is in our hands.