While the saga surrounding Kylian Mbappe and his big decision to continue his career continued this summer, Erling Haaland already loaned Manchester City equipment two weeks earlier. Haaland was slightly less sought after this summer than Mbappe, but there was certainly no club that didn’t want him: Real, Bayern, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United… All the biggest. But City beat the competition very easily. The player’s desire is said to have played a major role in the decision as he was most attracted to City’s project and role in Pep Guardiola’s team. At least that’s what his father Alfie told later.Erling Haaland is earning close to £900,000 per week at #ManCity. The 22-year-old’s basic salary is in line with the other higher earners at the club, however a series of substantial, almost-guaranteed bonuses see his weekly wage exceed the £850,000 mark.[via @MikeKeegan_DM]— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) October 6, 2022 When Haaland decided definitively at the beginning of May, and then he signed for the Citizens, many were interested in how much money City had to allocate for his contract. Given that the British public expresses salaries and contracts of footballers in gross sums, at that time there was talk of a salary of 600,000 pounds per week, which is over 30 million euros gross per year. In translation: According to those figures, Haaland’s net income was around 15 million euros per year. For example, City’s highest paid player by far, and one of the highest paid in the league, Kevin De Bruyne earns around 12 million euros net per year (22,000,000 gross).He’ll need time to adapt, they said. Well, time is obviously not the same for Erling and the othersHowever, after the transfer was made official, the island’s media claimed that Haaland had agreed to an identical salary to De Bruyne, which was surprising at first because the Norwegian was one of the two most sought-after players in the world at that moment. There was no reason for Haaland not to receive a higher salary than what, for example, Cristiano Ronaldo has in the city rival United, which is about 510,000 pounds per week gross, or 15 million euros net per year. Many at the time even gave credit to the City for going cheap and called the deal “trivial”!Haaland: ’15 City players called me to sign, Bayern was my second choice’However, the pieces are slowly coming together, the picture is crystallizing and Daily Mail came out with an exclusive on the real value of Haaland’s contract at the Etihad. Haaland’s fixed salary is indeed in the range of De Bruyne’s, but the catch is in the bonuses, which are made in a specific way. The Daily Mail claims that it’s a bunch of simple bonuses with which Haaland will surely “go out” to 865,000 pounds per week (900,000 euros) gross, which translates to around 46 million euros gross per year. That is, about 24 million net per season. Well, that seems to be Haaland’s true salary in the end, and it actually makes sense given the market situation and his value. And it could be even bigger if he continues in this rhythm, given that he scored 19 goals in 12 appearances and there are certainly “normal” bonuses related to various titles of the first scorer, breaking various records, placement in the race for the Golden Ball, team trophy…Solskjaer called United over Haaland back in 2017Now it is a little clearer how City got Haaland “so easily” and that it is not such a cheap transfer, as it was presented this summer. It wasn’t really the City’s project or the boy’s emotion to play at the club where his father played that was the key. Roughly, money always rules in the end. And Haaland, with compensation, commissions and contract, will cost City close to 350 million euros.Revealed: Mbappe had 125 million reasons to stay in ParisWith this salary, the Norwegian takes the place at the top of the list of the highest paid players in the Premier League and one of the highest paid in the world. In first place is the untouchable Kylian Mbappe thanks to his new contract at Paris Saint-Germain. He earns 50 million euros net per season on behalf of a three-year contract, and let’s remember that he received a bonus of 125 million euros just for signing the contract. When everything is added up and divided, the Frenchman will cost PSG 425 million euros for three years. Lionel Messi earns this season 40,000,000 euros net in Paris, Neymar earns around 25,000,000 euros net per year, and Haaland is right behind them, breathing down their necks.##NAJAVA_MECA_706197##
