Real Madrid is ahead of other clubs in the race to land Borussia Dortmund star Erling Braut Haaland.

Real Madrid in driving seat to sign Borussia Dortmund star Haaland due to the influence of his fellow Norwegian star Martin Odegaard.

Real Madrid is keen on bringing Halaand to Spain in the next campaign after missing out on the chance to sign him in the winter.

Borussia Dortmund beat the likes of Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid to the signature of the 19-year-old.

Manchester United and Barcelona were ahead of Real Madrid in the race to sign the former Red Bull Salzburg attacker but as it stands it seems the Bernabeu giants are in pole position to land the striker, the report in AS suggests that Real Madrid is at the front of the queue.

The La Liga giants are said to be using Odegaard to persuade his international teammate to make the move to the Bernabeu.

Odegaard joined Madrid in 2015 but has spent the past three seasons out on loan, with his most recent spell coming at Real Sociedad.

Real Madrid need a striker that can bang in the goals on a regular basis a thing Karim Benzema and Luka Jovic failed to do at the second half of the season.