Erling Braut Haaland is totally focused on RB Salzburg despite strong interest from a string of top European clubs, sporting director Christoph Freund has insisted.
"Erling is 100 per cent focused on Red Bull Salzburg," he said. "You could see that on Tuesday and also in training - he is on board and embracing the club.
"We have not talked to any clubs yet. We talked to his dad and his agent. There are many clubs that are interested, but we haven't talked to any them."
Among the clubs to be interested in Haaland is Salzburg's cousin RB Leipzig in Germany, and Ralph Rangnick - the ownership's head of sport and development - believes he is an "outstanding" talent.
"Even when he was still in Molde you could see this," he said. "It was difficult to predict how quickly he's developed in the last six or 10 months. It's a combination of top mentality, technically and tactically already on a very high level.
"The biggest asset he has is that he wants to get better every day and he's never complacent. He's never thinking 'okay, now I have reached the next level or achieved the next level, now I can relax'. No. He wants to get better every day.
"He listens to the coach. He's the kind of player every coach would love to have in his squad. He's an outstanding player.
"If he doesn't get injured, if he stays with both feet on the ground, in the next 10 years, I don't see any other striker with the same potential as he has."