Manchester City is fascinated with the performance of Erling Braut Haaland in his first season at Etihad Stadium. Last Sunday, the Norwegian striker scored against Fulham and reached 50 goals in all competitions in 2022-23reason for which the high command of the current champion of the premier league They have wanted to extend his contract until mid-2028. However, thinking of a change of scenery, the ‘Viking’ rejected the proposal to maintain his release clause of 200 million euros.
This was revealed this Tuesday by the journalist Eduardo Inda during his participation in El Chiringuito. According to the aforementioned source, Haaland, with a contract at City until mid-2027, did not want to extend the relationship any further despite being offered a juicy salary increase: from 32 to 40 million euros net per season.
“Manchester City signed Haaland with a contract until 2027 and included the release clause of 200 million euros for next year. Now, they have made him a renewal offer with an extension until 2028 and a salary increase from 32 to 40 million net per season. And Haaland has said no to maintain the release clause”Inda assured.
Advised by his representative, Rafaela Pimenta, Erling Haaland has preferred to keep Manchester City’s exit door open. This means that any team that puts in 200 million euros for his pass, in the summer of 2024, will be able to take over the Norwegian’s services without any problem.
Real Madrid is precisely one of the teams interested in paying for Haaland’s release clause to have him in their ranks from 2024-25. At the Bernabéu they know that the Norwegian is dying to wear white and this gesture gives him the opportunity to dream of hiring him in the future.
How did Haaland’s career start and where has he played?
Erling Haaland’s career began in his native Norway, where he played in the youth divisions of the Bryne FK and Bryne Fotballklubb teams. In 2016, at the age of 16, he joined the reserve team of Molde FK, a Norwegian top division club.
In 2017, Haaland made his debut for the Molde FK first team, where he scored four goals in his first match. During his first season with the Molde first team, Erling Braut scored 4 goals in 20 games.
In December 2018, Haaland signed a contract with Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian soccer league. During his debut season with the club, he scored 16 goals in 14 Champions League games and helped his team win the Austrian league.
In January 2020, Haaland joined Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, where he quickly became one of the most feared strikers on the planet. For 2022-23, he settled with Manchester City for a sum close to 60 million euros.
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