Signing imminent. Erling Haaland should commit this week to Manchester City, according to the site The Athletic, which specifies on Monday that the Norwegian striker of Borussia Dortmund reached an agreement in April with the manager Pep Guardiola and the leaders of the English club. . To secure the services of the 21-year-old prodigy, Manchester City, according to several media, in particular the Daily Mail, would have offered him a salary of 500,000 pounds sterling per week (584,000 €), or 26 million pounds per season ( €30.4 million). A Premier League record.
Haaland is still under contract with Borussia Dortmund until June 2024, but Manchester City will be able to transfer him by fulfilling the release clause of €75m provided for in the striker’s lease for a departure a season in advance. on the term of said contract. In the current 2021-2022 fiscal year, Haaland has scored 28 goals in 29 official games (21 in the Bundesliga, 3 in the Champions League, 4 in the German Cup). He still has one game to play, Saturday May 14, against Hertha Berlin, 34th and last day of the German championship.
If Haaland said yes, Pogba on the other hand would have answered no to Manchester City. The Athletic, indeed indicates that the English club also courted Paul Pogba, the tricolor international midfielder of Manchester United, but that the latter politely and firmly rejected his advances. Pogba’s contract with United ends on June 30.
