Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland on a five-year contract worth £375,000-a-week, for Borussia Dortmund £51m.
Spain coach Pep Guardiola wanted to discuss the 21-year-old’s upcoming transfer at a press conference on Tuesday. But it said that both clubs have asked him not to do so.
However, City made an announcement two hours later indicating. That they had reach an agreement with Dortmund and had now pre-signed Haaland.
A statement on the club’s official Twitter and UFABET reports “Manchester City can confirm that we have reached an agreement with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of Erling Haaland to the club on On July 1, 2022”
Premier League leaders beat Real Madrid to get his signature Initially expect to be a release clause of £63 million.
But in the end, City secured Haaland for £12m less than that figure. A similar amount to Ferran Torres’s release to Barcelona in January.
The Norwegian international, who has scored 85 goals in 88 appearances for Dortmund. He is set to pay £375,000 per contract over five years.