Next summer, Erling Haaland’s 87 million USD buy-out clause will be presented for those most interested to activate it. And among those who want Haaland the most is Manchester City.Reports say that the Etihad club is ready to sell as much as six players to accumulate the resources for the transfer.Traditionally, City don’t do major business in January as it doesn’t represent good value. That is why we can expect for the Citizens to wait until the summer to make the move – recent winter signings of Gabriel Jesus and Aymeric Laporte are exceptions to the rule.##NAJAVA_MECA_5890925##Even though City played without the high-profile striker over the summer – so far, they are coping just fine. However, they do want to ease the pressure on the offensive players in Pep Guardiola’s squad and they would without a doubt welcome a 20-goals-per-season classic striker into the team.Regardless of their actions at the market in the past – if Haaland became available in January, City would be ready to make their move.They have the funds – a number of current players could be sold to finalize the move. They can make up for the amount just like they did partially for Jack Grealish’s 137 million USD fee.City need to collect just shy of 90 million USD and fortunately for them, there is five or six players who could raise a similar amount and balance the books next year.City could have already arranged for 35 million USD of incomings just with players already out on loan and with permanent transfer fees ready to be triggered.City plans to open negotiations with Haaland in JanuaryLet’s open it up with Pedro Porro. The right back is in the second season of a successful two-year loan at Sporting and could leave for a pre-agreed 11 million USD if the Portuguese side triggers their permanent option. If they don’t, City could likely ask for more elsewhere as his value has risen considerably with the Lisbon Lions.Porro is followed by a defender on loan at Schalke – Ko Itakura, and the Japanese player has a 7 million USD clause.England under-20 forward Morgan Rogers is at Bournemouth and he could leave Man City for 12.5 million USD if the Cherries earn promotion this season. Bournemouth will have to pay 16.5 million to land Rogers permanently if they don’t get back in the Premier League.When I asked about the boys I was hanging out with, one was dead, the other prisoner, another was wanted by the policeNext one in line is Jayden Braaf, the exciting winger who had a 12.5 million USD option to make his loan last season at Udinese permanent before injury cut short his promising spell in Italy.Someone who could also be used to raise money is Yangel Herrera. Up to 27.5 million USD. He failed to leave permanently this summer and the fee will be depending on how his season at Espanyol turns out to be.##EDITORS_CHOICE##But what about the first-team squad? There are some players who could likely generate Haaland’s release clause on their own, biggest names being Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva. These are footballers looking to move on or leave for more game time as they fell down the pecking order.Of the current first-team squad also, Nathan Ake is probably the least secure. He sits fourth in the centre-back rotation and possibly fifth if City’s academy prospect Taylor Harwood-Bellis returns next year.Sky Blues of Manchester can be confident that they again have a number of sellable assets if they need to boost their transfer budget to finally sign that big-name striker. It remains to be seen what plans City have for each of the above-mentioned players.
