Since his arrival at Red Bull Salzburg in 2019, Erling Haaland has scored 199 goals in 203 matches, combining his time in Austria, then at Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and the Norwegian selection. Obviously with such regularity, all the clubs in the world would want it, notably Real Madrid in the event of failure in the Kylian Mbappé case. Under contract until 2027, he has not yet extended, while the Cityzens would like to sign him a new agreement in order to secure him for a few more seasons.
He himself prefers to procrastinate. This is what he indicates in a long interview given to The Telegraphwho asks him if he will stay long enough to beat the goals record held by Alan Shearer (260 goals, Haaland is at 44). “How long is my contract? Three years and 10 months? So, there’s still time to do it, right (referring to the record)?, he laughs. Would this mean that he is not in the long term at City? “I did not say that ! It’s something you can’t think about. You have to think about the next match, the season and then these thoughts arrive after a while. But if I stay in England for another 15 years, why not? We will see.” The mystery remains…