Erling Haaland’s potential transfer fee soars to £500MILLION after blockbuster contract that also protects Man City
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IT was a January present even the most fervent Manchester City fan had not really anticipated. And no wonder that the news of Erling Haaland’s astonishing new Etihad deal brought a swathe of swift conclusions about what it means for the Norwegian and the club.
![[Erling Haaland holding the Premier League trophy.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/file-manchester-citys-erling-haaland-964407047.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
For the past few weeks, it has been all about the players City were looking to sign in the January window, with a triple swoop for Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush, Lens defender Abdukodir Khusanov and Palmeiras teenager Vitor Reis in the pipeline. Yet getting Haaland to effectively commit the rest of his career to City was more than just a coup - it was a huge morale boost for everybody connected to the club.
![[Erling Haaland celebrating a goal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/09-erling-haaland-celebrates-scoring-964389895.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Rightly so. Haaland’s record of 112 goals in just 126 games for the club is beyond incredible. In the Prem, it is 79 in 87 appearances, at a rate of 0.91 goals per game. To put that into even greater context, Alan Shearer scored his record 260 Prem goals in 441 games for Blackburn and Newcastle.
![[Erling Haaland celebrating a goal for Manchester City.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/file-manchester-citys-erling-haaland-964406807.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
If Haaland continued to score at his current rate, he would break the record after 237 games - before the end of 2029 if he stays fit. And that would not even be HALF-WAY through the new nine and a half year, £247m deal. No wonder many City fans are already pointing to Haaland’s signature, following on from Pep Guardiola’s renewal, and drawing an obvious conclusion:.
JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS. They wouldn’t be doing this unless City were absolutely certain the Premier League case into the “115” allegations of financial impropriety (the actual number of charges is now 130) was about to collapse into tiny pieces.
![[Illustration of Erling Haaland's new contract, detailing the total worth and breakdown of salary per year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KH_17_01_MAN_CITY_HAALANDv2_GRAPHIC_49f316.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=960)
