Man City ‘confident’ of eclipsing record Prem salary for superstar, leaving Real Madrid and Barca in the dust

Manchester City are reportedly ‘confident’ Erling Haaland will sign a new deal, with a staggering £500,000-a-week, making him the highest-paid player in the Premier League.

Haaland has been one of England’s best players since arriving there in 2022. Since then, he has scored 105 goals and provided 14 assists in 114 games.

The Norwegian striker also helped City win two Premier League titles, one Champions League, one FA Cup, while winning the Premier League Golden Boot twice, for the Champions League in the triumphant year for City, as well as being the top scorer. throughout Europe that season.

City know Haaland is a priceless commodity, but they plan to pay him a huge salary to sign him to a new deal.

According to the MirrorCity are “increasingly confident” that the Norwegian will sign a new contract which will extend him by two years.

Indeed, they plan to offer him a whopping £500,000 a week, which would eclipse the Premier League record, and see Haaland’s reported salary of £375,000,000 increase significantly.

The current record is believed to be held by Kevin De Bruyne, who City are reportedly paying £400,000 per week.

City, however, would like Haaland’s £150 million release clause to be dropped, while their advisers hope it is upheld.

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Haaland on La Liga giants’ radar

City are looking to prevent Haaland from joining another club by getting rid of his release clause, with Real Madrid and Barcelona among the biggest names courting him.

It is believed that the striker would like to head to La Liga at some point.

Real Madrid have considered him one of their favorite players for some time.

Meanwhile, Barcelona are reportedly preparing a blockbuster signing recently, with Haaland at the top of the list, and Viktor Gyokeres and Omar Marmoush in reserve if they can’t make it.

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City could potentially sell James McAtee, with West Ham after the attacking midfielder, amid fears of losing Lucas Paqueta.

City themselves are interested in Paqueta, but would most likely sign him in a separate deal rather than involve McAtee in a swap.

Meanwhile, it has been suggested that Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta could consider a move to City at some point in the future.

Rodri has reportedly decided that if he were to leave City to return to Spain, he would prefer to go to Barcelona rather than Real Madrid, as a move to the latter would be a “betrayal” to his former team Atletico Madrid.

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