Man City confident Erling Haaland will sign new contract - but want key issue sorted

Erling Haaland is successful talks with Manchester City implicit a caller declaration astatine the Etihad Stadium which would marque him the Premier League's highest earner - eclipsing team-mate Kevin de Bruyne

Manchester City are progressively assured Erling Haaland volition motion a caller bumper deal.

Talks are on-going with the prolific Norwegian striker, 24, implicit a vastly-improved declaration hold - worthy a whopping £500,000 per week. That basal wage would marque Haaland the highest-paid subordinate successful the Premier League, easy eclipsing the £400K pocketed by City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne.

And it would besides enactment him among the biggest idiosyncratic earners successful Europe. At present, Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong - a whopping £600-a-week - heads that mega-rich list.

During the latest negotiations successful Norway with Haaland’s household and Brazilian super-agent Rafaela Pimenta, the City hierarchy received a affirmative effect to the lucrative package. As good the monolithic wage rise, determination is an further 2 years connected the table.

The former-Borussia Dortmund ace has two-and-a-half seasons to tally connected the £375k-a-week woody helium signed connected his £60m accomplishment successful July 2022. The caller presumption would support him astatine the Etihad until the extremity of 2028-29.

One contented inactive needs to beryllium resolved - Haaland’s existing £150m merchandise clause. City privation it dropped moving guardant but Haaland’s advisors are digging their heels in, insisting it remains.

A imaginable solution is some parties hold to summation that transportation trigger to £200m - amended reflecting his rising marketplace valuation.

Haaland is regarded arsenic the champion goalscorer connected the satellite conscionable present arsenic helium continues to re-write the grounds books with Pep Guardiola ’s all-conquering outfit. The ex-Molde and RB Salzburg hitman, expected to spearhead Norway’s onslaught contiguous against Kazakhstan successful the Nations League, has blitzed an astonishing 105 goals successful 113 City appearances - 75 of those coming successful 77 league games.

During his clip successful England, helium has lifted consecutive Premier League titles, on with the Treble successful his debut season.

And contempt City’s caller struggles - they are connected a four-game losing streak for the archetypal clip nether Guardiola - the back-to-back Golden Boot victor is blessed and settled successful Manchester and intends to enactment longer.

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