{"id":618539,"date":"2022-10-11T07:21:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=618539"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:49:17","slug":"manchester-city-erling-haaland-release-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/11\/manchester-city-erling-haaland-release-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid and Barcelona Could Sign Manchester City\u2019s \u2018World-Class Goal Machine\u2019 Amid Release Clause Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Athletic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3676111\/2022\/10\/11\/erling-haaland-release-clause-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pol Ballus<\/a> has revealed that Manchester City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/09\/manchester-city-erling-haaland-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Erling Haaland has a release clause within his current contract<\/a> that will allow clubs outside of England to acquire his services for \u00a3175.5 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clause does not come into effect until the summer of 2024, which would still give City two full seasons of the 22-year-olds services. The value of the release clause then decreases each year for the remainder of the striker&#8217;s current contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Erling Haaland\u2019s Manchester City Contract Revealed to Contain a Release Clause<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd35 Erling Haaland has a \u20ac200m release clause from the summer of 2024<br \/>\ud83d\udd35 Figure decreases as his five-year deal contract nears its end<br \/>\ud83d\udd35 Applies to clubs outside PL only<br \/>\ud83d\udd35 Buying club would need to pay agent fees + bonuses on top<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/polballus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@polballus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AEANUgARik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/AEANUgARik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC\/status\/1579728757073625090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Is Haaland Worth the Money?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To say Haaland has had a great start to his Manchester City career would be an egregious understatement. The Norwegian has been firing on all cylinders with 20 goals in 13 appearances across all competitions. He continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/63188395\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">break records<\/a> in England\u2019s top-flight, as well as in the Champions League and looks to be on pace to shatter the record for most goals scored in a Premier League season, which is currently 34 goals held by both Andy Cole and Alan Shearer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 15 goals scored in nine games, Haaland is almost halfway there to breaking the record with less than a quarter of the games played for the campaign. In a league that has seen the likes of Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer and Cristiano Ronaldo grace its pitches, it\u2019s incredible to witness Haaland&#8217;s show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s safe to say then that even at the price of \u00a3175 million, many clubs will be interested in adding the Leeds-born striker to their ranks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Which Clubs Could Come Knocking?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Athletic highlight <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/04\/gonzalo-higuain-retirement\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/09\/barcelona-antoine-griezmann-atletico-madrid-sale\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> as two clubs that could potentially be gearing themselves up for an approach for the Norway international in 2024. Real Madrid are in the process of signing 34-year-old Karim Benzema to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1578085684400758785\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contract extension<\/a> that will see the France international depart the Santiago Bernabeu the same summer that Haaland\u2019s release clause would kick in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barcelona on the other hand have just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.com\/en\/football\/first-team\/news\/2683853\/agreement-with-bayern-munich-for-the-transfer-of-robert-lewandowski\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed<\/a> their own 34-year-old striker in Robert Lewandowski, who joined from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/06\/bayern-munich-jude-bellingham-transfer-denied\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich<\/a> in the summer. Lewandowski signed a contract that will see him at the Nou Camp until 2026 when he will be 38 years old. Therefore, the Catalan club could be swayed to trying to make a deal for Haaland when the opportunity arises, that is if the finances allow it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerning finances, the deal is likely to far exceed the quoted value of the release clause once bonus and agent fees are factored in. When City triggered Haaland\u2019s release clause of \u00a351 million from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/03\/fabrizio-romano-manchester-united-jude-bellingham\/\" target=\"_self\">Borussia Dortmund<\/a> in the summer, the deal rose to around \u00a385 million, once all fees and bonuses were added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, whichever club comes knocking in 2024 will be expected to break out the chequebook if they want the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/erling-haaland-man-city-s-world-class-goal-machine-made-in-the-bundesliga-17527\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world-class goal machine<\/a>\u201d playing for their side.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great afternoon at the Etihad\u00a0today! \ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mancity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mancity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OvYHCO9NKv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OvYHCO9NKv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erling Haaland (@ErlingHaaland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErlingHaaland\/status\/1578811353632235521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Athletic\u2019s Pol Ballus has revealed that Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland has a release clause within his current contract that will allow clubs outside of England to acquire his services for \u00a3175.5 million.\u00a0 The clause does not come into effect until the summer of 2024, which would still give City two full seasons of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4148,"featured_media":618540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,1365,17,3,7188],"tags":[1393],"class_list":["post-618539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid","category-barcelona","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-erling-haaland"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}