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Dortmund’s Haaland signs referee’s yellow card after Man City clash

Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland with Manchester City's Phil Foden after the match [REUTERS/Phil Noble]

Europe’s top clubs may all be battling for the signature of Borussia Dortmund’s prolific striker Erling Haaland but it was a Romanian assistant referee who managed to get the Norway international to put pen to paper on Tuesday.

Television footage showed one of the Romanian officials in charge of the Champions League quarter-final first leg, won 2-1 by City, approaching Haaland in the tunnel after the game to get him to sign his yellow card -- and succeeding in his quest.

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