Despite only signing for Manchester City in the summer from Borussia Dortmund, there has already been a lot of talk of Erling Haaland leaving the club sooner rather than later.
This mostly comes from the Spanish media, who are adamant there is a clause in his contract at the Etihad that would allow him to head to Real Madrid from 2024 onwards.
Whether the La Liga side would make use of that remains to be seen, and while Pep Guardiola seems in the dark about it all, those who would know refuse to talk about it.
The main person here is Rafaela Pimenta, the Manchester City star’s agent, who recently spoke to Sky Italia about the situation, when asked about a potential €200m clause coming into effect in 2024.
She said, relayed by TuttoMercatoWeb: “Here the lawyer is speaking: I cannot answer.”
It’s rather clear that she knows, and if there wasn’t anything in Haaland’s Manchester City contract, there would be no harm in outright saying so.
This comes the same day as journalist Tomás González-Martin insisted the clause exists.
He told Bernabeu Digital: “In El Debate, we have confirmed that Haaland’s clause exists. Raiola left it signed as he always did with his great players so that they could leave after two years. And what he left signed is that he can leave after two years if a club pays €190m + €30m in commissions, both to the Haaland family and to the Raiola agency.”
Since arriving at Manchester City, Haaland has destroyed pretty much everything in his way, scoring 20 goals and assisting another three in 14 appearances to date.
