Manchester City has failed to agree on a term for Erling Haaland contract expansion

Erling Haaland has been be the best striker in the premier league competition, scoring multiple goals across league competition and winning the golden boot since his arrival to the Manchester side. Erling Haaland has always been the highest goal scorer since his arrival to the premier league and has a good goal ratio, making him the best striker for the 2022/2023 season.

Erling Haaland is the second runner up for the Ballon d’or during this season and he got the best striker award at the ceremony. Manchester City have been reviewing the contract of Erling Haaland and make a move to extend the contract to a more long term deal. Extending the contract for Erling Haaland would make him the highest paid player in premier league and secure a position for him in the highest paid footballer list.

The Mirror reported that Manchester City have opened a talk with the player and his representative convincing him to extend his contract with the club. City are ready to make Erling Haaland the richest player in the premier league competition with a £500,000 weekly salary. If this deal is sealed, Erling Haaland would surpass his teammate Kevin De Bruyne £400,000 weekly wage payment.

Despite the huge contract proposed to Erling Haaland by the club, the Norwegian is yet to sign the contract. The goal machine is still reviewing the contract to see if it is the right deal to sign. Manchester City have sent some group of officials to meet with Haaland’s and his family before going to meet his Brazilian agent Rafaela Pimenta to talk positively to them about the deal convincing them to allow Erling Haaland sign the contract.

From the reports from The Mirror, if Erling Haaland sign the new deal, the new contract will expand to the 2028-2029 season. The deal that the Norwegian signed when he joined from Borrusia Dortmund is about to expire and the official are currently in talk with the striker to extend the contract with the City club.

The player is yet to sign the contract because of a term that Manchester did not include in the contract proposed to the player. On the existing contract that the player has, the release clause for the 24 years old player is £150 million which is equivalent to $189 million and Manchester City removed the release clause term from the new contract proposed to the player.

After reviewing the new contract, Erling Haaland and his representative want the release clause to be in the new contract. From The Mirror report, it is claimed that Haaland and his representative are negotiating to increase the release clause from £150 million to £200 million which is equivalent to $254 million. The city officials have been convincing the goal machine to accept the deal without the release clause term but the Norwegian has refused to sign the new contract expansion.

Despite been offered a huge weekly wage, Haaland doesn’t want to sign the contract unless the release clause term is added. Erling Haaland would still be in action with the City team while the contract is pending changes and new talk.