Haller in Utrecht
Haller also played for FC Utrecht from 2015 to 2017. In those 2.5 years he scored 41 goals, after which the striker was sold to Eintracht Frankfurt. He did so well in Germany that West Ham United paid a record amount of 50 million euros for him.
After a loan period at Spanish side CD Leganés, where he only made four appearances, Haller was linked with Utrecht just after Christmas. ESPN initially reported that the transfer was financially unfeasible and therefore cancelled. At Dortmund he would earn 8.5 million euros per year, at FC Utrecht the salaries are a lot lower.
That may have to do with the enjoyment of football and his family, says sports reporter Bert Kous in UVandaag. “Haller compromises a lot on the wine. This could have to do with the fact that he has lost the pleasure of playing football and that his wife would like to return to the Netherlands. She had this problem during the time that Haller was at FC Utrecht and Ajax. played very well to her liking.”