
There’re only two-and-a-half years left on Erling Haaland’s contract, hence Manchester City have opened talks on a new mega extension for the top goalscorer in football with the optimism the Norwegian will sign the new bumper deal.
The vastly-improved contract extension – with a basic salary worth a whopping £500,000 per week – would make Haaland the highest-paid player ever in the Premier League, easily eclipsing the £400,000 currently pocketed by City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne and also putting him among the biggest individual earners in Europe. At present, Barcelone’s Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong (£600,000) heads that mega-rich list.
During the latest negotiations in Norway helmed by Haaland’s family and Brazilian super-agent Rafaela Pimenta, the City hierarchy received a positive response to the lucrative package, comprising the massive wage rise as well as an additional two years on the table.
The former-Borussia Dortmund ace has two-and-a-half seasons to run on his current £375,000-a-week deal he signed on his £60m arrival in July 2022, but the new terms would keep him at the Etihad until the end of 2028-29. However, one issue still needs to be resolved, which is Haaland’s existing £150m release clause that City want to see dropped moving forward, but Haaland’s advisors are insistent it remains. A potential solution would be both parties agreeing to increase that transfer trigger to £200m – better reflecting his rising market valuation amid constant interest from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain.
Haaland is regarded as the best goalscorer on the planet just now as he continues to re-write the record books with Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering outfit. The ex-Molde and RB Salzburg hitman, expected to spearhead Norway’s attack tomorrow against Kazakhstan in the Nations League, has blitzed an astonishing 105 goals in 113 City appearances – 75 of those coming in 77 league games.
Haaland’s time in England has seen him lift consecutive Premier League titles, along with the Treble in his debut season. And despite City’s recent struggles – they are on a four-game losing streak for the first time under Guardiola – the back-to-back Golden Boot winner is happy and settled in Manchester and has expressed his desire to stay longer.