Erling Haaland signs an incredible 9 and a half year contract with Manchester City!

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By: Manu Tournoux

Manchester City is launching a major winter transfer window, to fill the glaring gaps seen for several weeks now. Defenders Vitor Reis and Kodir Khusanov and attacking midfielder Omar Marmoush are expected, and the Italian press yesterday mentioned discussions for Juventus Italian full-back Andrea Cambiaso. But that obviously wasn't all.

The Athletic released this morning a huge piece of information, which will disrupt the plans of many other clubs. Manchester City reached an agreement with Erling Haaland to extend his contract, which ended in 2027. But not for two or three years. No, the Norwegian is fully committed until 2034, a new contract of 9 and a half years! The information has since been made official by the Mancunian club. On this date, he will be 34 years old. Haaland has therefore just chosen to potentially stay until the end of his career at Manchester City.

No more release clause

As stated The Athleticwhich is not revealing any figures for the moment, this would be one of the most lucrative contracts in the history of sport. Above all, all the departure clauses which were integrated into the previous contract have been deleted. There will therefore be no problem to come and steal the striker from Manchester City over the next few years at an attractive price. Which will not please Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, ​​who have often eyed Haaland in recent years.

This new contract also proves Manchester City's ambition for the next decade, while it is going through a period of unprecedented crisis since its takeover in 2008, between the current poor results, the uncertainty around the future of Pep Guardiola and financial fair play violations which carry the threat of heavy sanctions. Erling Haaland, aged 24, feels very good in Manchester and demonstrates this by committing for a very long period.