Inserting a buyout clause in the contract with the new club has been Erling Haaland’s prerequisite until now. He did it when establishing cooperation with Dortmund, and repeated the same with Manchester City this summer. However, unlike the German one, the English club convinced the Norwegian goal machine to change the usual practice and in the meantime managed to remove the clause from his contract. The Sky Blues of Manchester have thrown themselves into preparing the ground for an extension of cooperation, writes Sam Lee, journalist of the reliable Athletic, well informed about the developments at the Etihad Stadium.How thoroughly Haaland plans each next step in his career could best be seen in last year’s documentary called “Haaland – The Big Decision” dedicated to the period when the Norwegian was weighing where to continue his football development.🚨 Manchester City are preparing to offer Erling Haaland a new contract after his 2024 £150m release clause was removed. 🇳🇴 The clause was specifically linked to Guardiola’s future and was cancelled when Pep signed a new deal.(Source: @SamLee) pic.twitter.com/RglYhHE702— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) April 19, 2023 Back then his father Alf Inge revealed that Erling’s first choice had always been Manchester City, but that he wanted to test himself in the remaining strongest European leagues, and that he had no intention of staying in a country for more than three or four seasons. Therefore, this summer he inserted a buyout clause in the contract with City in the amount of 170,000,000 euros – almost three times higher than the one with Dortmund – which would be effective in the summer of 2024 if any club meets the mentioned condition, and Haaland himself wants to leave.However, Sam Lee writes that the buy-out clause “depended” on Pep Guardiola’s future at the Etihad, so it disappeared from the paper back in November last year when the Spanish expert extended his contract with City until the summer of 2025.City now intend to do the same with Haaland. The Athletic journalist points out that the details of City’s contract with the Norwegian are shrouded in secrecy, which is why it is currently unknown whether identical clauses will appear again during the 22-year-old striker’s stay in Manchester. Be that as it may, the Cityzens want him to last as long as possible, so they are already preparing a reward for his incredible games in the form of a new, multi-year contract.Former BVB star Akanji is the biggest surprise of City’s season – and he’s coming to beat BayernHaaland was linked with Real Madrid this summer and although moving to the Santiago Bernabeu has always been his goal, City emphasize that he is doing well at the club for now. He scored 47 goals in 40 games in all competitions and broke several records along the way. After all, as Sam Lee goes on to state, what he thought about City before he reached out to its leaders turned out to be correct. He feels he is in the best possible place for him to progress and is delighted that the club have fulfilled virtually all the promises they made during the negotiations.The prerequisites for the extension of the contract are, therefore, there. Many would say that City may have rushed the decision, since they only brought Haaland in the summer. However, at Etihad it is slowly becoming a practice. Julián Alvarez was recently rewarded with a new contract even though he played an incomplete season at City, and the same was previously the case with Ruben Dias and Ederson.A reminder – Haaland’s current contract with City runs until June 2027.##NAJAVA_MECA_7190026##
