Peter Crouch offers theory on Erling Haaland's 10-year contract - 'It's a strange one'

Erling Haaland has signed a bumper caller declaration with Manchester City, but erstwhile Liverpool prima Peter Crouch believes the reigning champions had an ulterior motive for the deal

Peter Crouch believes that Erling Haaland's bumper caller declaration was offered due to the fact that Manchester City discovered rival clubs were exploring a determination for the striker.

Haaland arrived astatine the Etihad Stadium successful the summertime of 2022 from Borussia Dortmund. He fired City to a historical Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League successful his debut campaign, scoring 52 goals successful each competitions.

The Norwegian followed that up by winning a 2nd successive Premier League Golden Boot past season. He has again been successful prolific signifier this year, scoring 21 crossed each competitions from 28 games to date.

City person secured his services until astatine slightest 2034, with Haaland putting pen to insubstantial connected a bumper nine-and-a-half-year contract connected Friday. But Crouch has insisted it is not lone his signifier which convinced City to act.

"I deliberation it's a unusual one, it is simply a unusual one. I don't know, determination indispensable person been murmurrings of imaginable radical successful for him for them to connection that. I wholly get it from City's constituent of view," helium told TNT Sports.

"They've held his value, there's nary get retired clauses successful it truthful they clasp his worth for the adjacent 10 years. He's not going to wane, he's lone going to get better. He's been an implicit revelation since helium came to the Premier League.

"I deliberation he'll interruption each azygous record, you look astatine Alan Shearer's 260 and that looks successful information now. He was beauteous pleased erstwhile Harry Kane moved but I deliberation Haaland volition interruption each record.

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"He's an unthinkable talent, astonishing player. Given the close work he's going to proceed to people goals. I've got a small grounds myself, the headed goals record, I deliberation that volition get smashed to pieces arsenic well."

Haaland highlighted the 'special' situation astatine City arsenic a cardinal crushed for committing his aboriginal to the club. And helium insisted helium is lone going to get amended during his clip astatine the Etihad.

“I americium truly blessed to person signed my caller declaration and to beryllium capable to look guardant to spending adjacent much clip astatine this large Club. Manchester City is simply a peculiar Club, afloat of fantastic radical with astonishing supporters," helium said.

"It’s the benignant of situation that helps bring the champion retired of everybody. I besides privation to convey Pep, his coaching staff, my teammates and everyone astatine the Club arsenic they person each helped maine truthful overmuch successful the past mates of years.

"They person made this specified a peculiar spot to beryllium and present I americium City nary substance what. I privation to support developing, support moving to get amended and look to bash my champion to effort and assistance america execute much occurrence going forward.”

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