Haaland, 24, signed a five-year contract when he joined from Borussia Dortmund in July 2022, and his current contract was scheduled to expire in the summer of 2027.
David Ornstein of The Athletic reports that he has now agreed to a new nine-and-a-half-year contract with the Premier League winners. By the time his current contract expires and any release clauses from his previous agreement are eliminated, Haaland will be 34 years old.
Right now, it’s unclear how many people are involved. However, others consider it to be among the “most lucrative sporting contracts ever.”
According to Capology, Haaland’s current contract makes him the club’s second-highest earning at £375,000. Kevin De Bruyne, on the other hand, earns £400,000 a week, which puts him in first place. Furthermore, Haaland may surpass the Belgian as City’s top earner when his current contract expires in June of this year.
He might also become the highest-paid player in the Premier League as a result of this.
Naturally, the Norwegian attacker has scored 21 goals in 28 appearances across all competitions, with 16 of those goals coming in the league, even though Pep Guardiola’s team has been in bad form for the majority of the season.
The 24-year-old will undoubtedly support himself to set a new Premier League record for goals scored.
Alan Shearer, a former striker for Southampton, Blackburn, and Newcastle, now leads the division with 260 goals. Haaland has 79 goals in the Premier League and has won the Golden Boot title the past two seasons.
Longest Contracts In Football History
Players have been signing longer contracts in recent seasons. Cole Palmer of Chelsea signed a new contract in the summer of 2024 that would keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2033. This deal increased his stay by two years, bringing his total contract length to nine years.
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When Enzo Fernandez joined the Blues from Benfica in 2023, he was also given a nine-year deal. Mykhailo Mudryk signed an eight-and-a-half-year contract with the west London-based team in 2023.
- Andres Iniesta – Barcelona – Lifetime
- Iker Casillas – Real Madrid – Lifetime
- Raul – Real Madrid – Lifetime
- Denilson – Real Betis – 10 years
- Lionel Messi – Barcelona – Nine years
- Cole Palmer – Chelsea – Nine years
- Enzo Fernandez – Chelsea – Nine years
- Inaki Williams – Athletic Bilbao – Nine years
- Mykhailo Mudryk – Chelsea – Eight-and-a-half years
- Cesc Fabregas – Arsenal – Eight years
- Nicolas Jackson – Chelsea – Eight years (extended by two years in the summer of 2024)
