There\u2019re 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\u00a0the new bumper deal.<\/p>\n
The vastly-improved contract extension – with a basic salary worth a whopping \u00a3500,000 per week – would make Haaland the highest-paid player ever in the Premier League, easily eclipsing the \u00a3400,000 currently pocketed by City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne and also putting him among the biggest individual earners in Europe. At present, Barcelone\u2019s Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong (\u00a3600,000) heads that mega-rich list.<\/p>\n
During the latest negotiations in Norway helmed by Haaland\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
The former-Borussia Dortmund ace has two-and-a-half seasons to run on his current \u00a3375,000-a-week deal he signed on his \u00a360m 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\u2019s existing \u00a3150m release clause that City want to see dropped moving forward, but Haaland\u2019s advisors are insistent it remains. A potential solution would be both parties agreeing to increase that transfer trigger to \u00a3200m – better reflecting his rising market valuation amid constant interest from Barcelona, Real Madrid\u00a0and Paris Saint Germain.<\/p>\n
Haaland is regarded as the best goalscorer on the planet just now as he continues to re-write the record books with Pep Guardiola\u2019s all-conquering outfit. The ex-Molde and RB Salzburg hitman, expected to spearhead Norway\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Haaland\u2019s time in England has seen him lift consecutive Premier League titles, along with the Treble in his debut season. And despite City\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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