Erling Haaland

[aguero93:20]

We don't do buy out clauses.

Yep. They're an awful idea for anyone outside of leagues where they're mandatory. We are subject to the Webster ruling as are all uefa affiliated clubs but there's a gentleman's agreement not to use it.

 

[Centurions]

Six, yes.

7 year extension less than 12 months after joining for Eddie.

 

[1.618034]

I think its very telling that press links all point to us. My tea leaves this morning say its happening, what they say tomorrow .......

In the bag?

 

[wayne71]

Yep. They're an awful idea for anyone outside of leagues where they're mandatory. We are subject to the Webster ruling as are all uefa affiliated clubs but there's a gentleman's agreement not to use it.

I agree although I think we can do release clauses or at least could.

 

[whipper]

Wasnt ederson given a 6 or 7 yr contract when he arrived? Guess its slightly different with goalkeepers however

Pretty sure when we signed KDB, he also signed a 6 year contract.

 

[oakiecokie]

Lewandowski first season at Dormund and the Bundesliga was the 2010/2011. He played 41 games and scored 9 goals. He was older than Haaland is now.

I fail to see any relevance ? Different player,different time, different manager ....

 

[KennyG]

David Ornstein has done a pod today for The Athletic, he says he has good sources at City and they are not interested. Kane and Lukaku are also going to be round the £100m fee.

I’d take this Patson Daka from Salzburg. Ings and Silva also come into the equation as cheaper alternatives.

Whilst a striker is overdue, it is worth noting than next year Haaland, Mbappe and Neymar, could all be going at bargain basement prices.

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

the thing is the club can not lose him if we sign him and he smashes the premier league in his first 3 or 4 seasons
so like i just said maybe a 5 year deal with options for 3 or 5 more and a crazy buyout clause of £500million or more

we don't want another sane with munich ? so if we sign haaland it stops somebody trying to nick him for peanuts
but haaland is a blue and if city and pep want him why would he want to move elsewhere

The club wouldn’t want to sign him to a deal beyond that because if he flops or gets seriously injured and no one comes in for him then it’s a huge outlay with minimal returns.

Likewise, Haaland won’t want to commit such a large chunk of his career to a club he hasn’t yet played for. He (and his agent) would also want to be able to negotiate additional contracts in the future, receiving a signing fee, higher wages and/or better terms on each occasion.

No issues with signing him to a 3/4/5 year deal. 2 years before his deal expires the club would start negotiating an extension provided that it’s what all parties wanted, at which point new terms could be negotiated.

Re a buyout clause, top clubs outside of Spain don’t insert these into their contracts. Ultimately if Haaland wanted to leave then we would either have to sell him, convince him to stay or he would leave on a free transfer when his contract expired.

Whilst I understand your point re Sane and agree that it was frustrating, he didn’t want to be here and we would’ve sold him the summer prior to the one he left had he not got injured and we would’ve got a decent fee for him. It was just unfortunate that he did his ACL and the fee dropped significantly as he only had a year left on his contract and was coming back from a long-term absence. If Haaland wanted to leave at some point in the future, we wouldn’t stand in his way. Chances are we would sell him two years before his contract expired in such a scenario, like we would’ve done with Sane

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

Yep. Saul still has 5 years left on his 9 year deal, and his form is in the shitter right now. Signing anymore than 5 years is a gigantic risk. The club can't sell if the player's form drops, there's also the risk where the player loses motivation to fight for a new contract.

Another example is Kepa, who still has 4 years left on his deal.

If/when Haaland signs, 5 years would be good. Alot can change in football in 5 years.

5 years would be ideal as we would get 3 years out of him, at which point if all parties wanted to extend we could negotiate a further deal

 

[p.taker]

7 year extension less than 12 months after joining for Eddie.

If I may quibble that would be a two year extension added on to the five years remaining. :)