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Man City 'advancing' in Erling Haaland contract talks despite £150m hurdle

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Manchester City reportedly grow increasingly optimistic that Erling Haaland will sign a new contract, but his release clause issue is yet to be sorted out.
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Manchester City are reportedly growing increasingly optimistic about their chances of agreeing a bumper new contract with Erling Haaland, but there is still one significant hurdle to overcome.

The two-time Golden Boot winner is still on the same terms he penned upon his arrival from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, which still have another three years left to run, but a move to La Liga has been mooted for some time.

Real Madrid have long been credited with an interest in Haaland, while Barcelona have also been tipped to move for him as a successor to Robert Lewandowski, reports that sporting director Deco responded to a few days ago.

However, there is not thought to have been any major concern from City's side over Haaland's future, and according to The Mirror, the Citizens are growing hopeful that an agreement will be sealed in the near future.

Haaland's new terms would reportedly keep him at the Etihad for another two seasons until the summer of 2029, as well as increasing his pay packet to an astronomical £500,000 per week.

City, Haaland camp still at odds over release clause?

That wage packet would make Haaland the highest-paid player in the Premier League, overtaking £400,000-a-week Kevin De Bruyne, and one of the highest in Europe behind Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong, who takes home £600,000 a week.

City reportedly held a recent round of negotiations with Haaland's entourage in his native Norway, including his family and agent Rafaela Pimenta, and the striker's camp gave the thumbs-up to the proposal.

However, both parties are still at odds over Haaland's release clause; at present, the Scandinavian sensation has a £150m option written into his contract, which the club supposedly want scrapped in his new deal.

In contrast, Haaland's camp are 'digging their heels in' and demanding that their client's renewal also includes a hefty release clause, although a compromise could be reached by bumping up that option to £200m.

The 24-year-old would therefore become the most expensive footballer of all time should he leave for that price, eclipsing the €220m (£185.5m) that Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona for Neymar in 2017.

Haaland's Man City career in numbers

City and Haaland's agents supposedly feel that a £200m release clause would be truer to his market value, and it is hard to argue against such a stance considering the striker's sensational statistics in sky blue.

From 114 matches in a Man City shirt, Haaland has come up with 119 direct goal involvements - 105 of his own and 14 assists - while finishing atop the scoring charts in both of his Premier League seasons so far.

Haaland's debut campaign in the top flight saw him break the single-season Premier League record for goals with an unrivalled 36 in 35 matches, before bagging another 27 efforts in the 2023-24 season en route to the title.

The ex-Red Bull Salzburg starlet already has 15 strikes under his belt from 16 games in the 2024-25 campaign, and he bagged a goal and assist for Norway in their 4-1 UEFA Nations League win over Slovenia on Thursday.

Haaland is expected to lead the line once again for his country against Kazakhstan on Sunday, before returning to Man City for their meeting with Tottenham Hotspur on November 23. body check tags ::

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2Chelsea16104237191834
3Arsenal1686229151430
4Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest168442119228
5Manchester CityMan City168352823527
6Bournemouth167452421325
7Aston Villa167452425-125
8Fulham166642422224
9Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton166642625124
10Tottenham HotspurSpurs1672736191723
11Brentford167273230223
12Newcastle UnitedNewcastle166552321223
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd166462119222
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham165472129-819
15Crystal Palace163761721-416
16Everton153661421-715
17Leicester CityLeicester163582134-1314
18Ipswich TownIpswich162681628-1212
19Wolverhampton WanderersWolves1623112440-169
20Southampton1612131136-255
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