Erling Haaland is close to signing a new contract with Manchester City that will make him the highest paid player in the Premier League

Erling Haaland is close to signing a new contract with Manchester City that will make him the highest paid player in the Premier League

 

 

Revealed: One detail preventing Erling Haaland’s contract extension as Manchester City prepare to make striker the Premier League’s highest-paid player

 

Erling Haaland is close to signing a new contract with Manchester City that will make him the highest paid player in the Premier League.

 

what’s going on According to The Mirror, City have persuaded goalscorer Haaland to sign a new contract as the club look to make him the richest player in the Premier League.

 

City are offering £500,000-a-week for the Norwegian striker, far more than the £400,000-a-week salary of Haaland’s teammate Kevin De Bruyne, who is currently the highest-paid player in the league.

 

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City officials recently met with Haaland’s family and his Brazilian agent Rafaela Pimenta to discuss a new deal that would tie the player down until the end of the 2028/29 season. The forward has two-and-a-half years left on his current contract, which he signed when he leaves Borussia Dortmund in 2022.

 

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The Mirror report claims there is one aspect of the new contract terms that is still preventing the player from signing. The 24-year-old’s current contract has a £150 million ($189 million) release clause, which the club would like to exclude from a new deal, but the player’s representatives want him to stay .

 

But negotiations could lead to a compromise in which both sides agree to increase costs by 200 million pounds ($253 million).

 

WHAT IS ERLING HAALAND DOING NOW?

 

Reigning champions Haaland return to Pep Guardiola’s side on Saturday and look to end their four-game losing streak against Tottenham in their next Premier League game.