Yes, that's my (hopeful) take.
City know they are going down for a while
And want to ensure he's with them once they are back in PL. Loan him out to top leagues to keep his abilities up in the meanwhile
Haaland at City | Signs new 9.5 year contract
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Yes, that's my (hopeful) take.
City know they are going down for a while
And want to ensure he's with them once they are back in PL. Loan him out to top leagues to keep his abilities up in the meanwhile
Feels odd that nobody is reporting a wage when for other clubs they are happy to speculate.
Give him his Madrid fix.
Any competent agent ensures there's a clause in there if the charges are punished severely surely.
They ain't getting punished 
Haaland signing a near decade long contract and spending to the tune of 200million on the squad in January.
Haaland signing a near decade long contract and spending to the tune of 200million on the squad in January.City players dont care if they get relegated. Why would they. They would still get paid, probably with a nice bonus for staying. They will win the Championship and then the next season back to winning the Prem for x number of years. Thats better than any other club they go to except Real Madrid and even there they wont get the cash they would at City - back handers included
Huge risk for the club, injury and loss of form can happen to the best of players.
It's a billion-dollar contract with ownership of his chosen club in Norway.
He isn't that good so this is wild. Hope he enjoys playing the Championship.
It won't be a static wage - it'll go up over the years.
Plus there will be that second wage that he's getting from some random Abu Dhabi shell company too.
Reported as "among the most lucrative sporting contracts ever". So when you take into account the contracts that NFL, NBA, MLB players sign and the money they're on, he's not going to be shy for the rent for a bit.
What are the wage budget rules in the lower leagues? Assuming the plan is to try and sign down players they want to keep if they get banished, would they be fecked anyway due to wage budget rules and still have to sell?
Wages must be insane (£600k+/week) for him to be stupid enough to commit for 10 years. It's going to bankrupt City if that's the case. Not sure if it's going to be funded by getting rid of KDB in the summer and replacing him with a cheaper player?
Has he signed? Or has he just agreed to it and will wait for the verdict to sign?
Where are you getting 350k from? Most reports are saying upwards of 500k.
I agree with most of what you said though. There will be so many get out clauses for both parties that this is mostly performative. If Haaland wants out, he can afford to give up the money, and to be frank another team will likely give him a huge wage anyway. If city want him out, they will find a way to pay him a tonne of money through Abu Dhabi off the books.
How much do we reckon he's on a week?
Hilarious. Can’t wait when it all goes tits up Alan Pardew style.
They won't use contracts longer than five years in the PSR calculations.
Bankrupt? City have gone well past that. They’re now a legitimate club that can claim their sponsorships are above board due to their success.
Maybe if it continues to slide, Pep leaves, they get the rebuild wrong and have to spend a load of money, there’s a good chance of some PSR problems. But their inflated sponsorships do protect them from any actual financial trouble.
And the 4D chess play is revealed. Haaland secretly grew up a Manchester United fan, rebelling against his father. He has now achieved his goal: Financially ruining his fathers club in the ultimate revenge ploy after Alfie injured his boyhood hero: Roy Keane.
He's always had release clauses in his contracts, and pretty low ones at that, so he'll have a relegation release clause, and I think probably a standard release clause too for when he feels like moving on.
Am I bad at basic maths, or is this a 115 month contract?
He's had a "pretty low" release clause at Manchester City?
114 months but nice spot!
It was reported that he had one closer to 100m than 200m which for a player of his goalscoring rate is relatively low, yeah.
Bankrupt them? it`s a drop in the Ocean for them...
To be fair, imagine him spinning with a bucket under the leaking roof - it would be cheaper than renovating Old Trafford.
There's no risk to the club when they have unlimited money.
So much for "Haaland is a mercenary journeyman who stays 3 years max at a club"
Once the Abu Dhabis get their oily claws in you they own you forever.
Once the Abu Dhabis get their oily claws in you they own you forever.
The biggest indicator yet that they've avoided major punishment. Along with Peo staying on and the deals they are doing in Jan, forget about it.
It would have been £150m this year before the new contract was signed which I'd say is pretty reasonable going off what top and even not so top players have been going for recently. But you're right, I wouldn't call that one pretty low. Just not stupid high like the clauses in Spain. That price was due to decrease again in 2026 though. He'll surely have something similar set up, perhaps with higher clauses this time, but he's never had unobtainable release clauses.
Well that's them not getting relegated then. No way would they have done this unless they knew they'd still be in the PL after the charges hearing thing.
Does that not mean his 900k a week needs to be amortised in half the time so they technically have 1.8m per week to deal with for PSR?
This has nothing to do with City's impending punishment, relax. Where would Haaland go? The only clubs that could afford him likely wouldn't want him - Barcelona or Madrid. PSG, he might as well play in League One. Bayern... Maybe but can't see them spending the required amount either. Haaland would be stupid to not sign this contract, even if they get severely punished. Also, there is a buyout clause after a few years.
Let's hope he loses a toe or two staying in no mans land.
Arsehole
Perfectly normal. Not suss at all. Nothing to see here.
Will be there till he's 34. No need for a club like city to factor in risk when the money doesn't matter anyway.
Will smash all records in the championship.
Will smash all records in the championship.