[Sports]Haaland signs new Man City deal until 2034

[Maheso]

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has signed a new long-term deal with the club that will keep him at the Etihad until 2034.

The Norwegian joined City from Dortmund in 2022 and has scored 111 goals in 126 games for the club since.

The striker's previous deal, which reportedly included a release clause, had been due to expire in 2027.

Haaland's new deal would see the striker remain with City until his 34th birthday should he stay at the club until its expiry in nine-and-a-half years' time.

The length of Haaland's deal is the longest in the Premier League, eclipsing the nine-year deal Cole Palmer signed with Chelsea last August.

"I am really happy to have signed my new contract and to be able to look forward to spending even more time at this great club," said Haaland.

"Manchester City is a special club, full of fantastic people with amazing supporters and it's the type of environment that helps bring the best out of everybody.

"I also want to thank [manager] Pep [Guardiola], his coaching staff, my team-mates and everyone at the club as they have all helped me so much in the past couple of years."

Txiki Begiristain, City's director of football, said: "The fact he [Haaland] is signed for so long demonstrates our commitment to him as a player and his love for the club."

 

[Haaland's incredible goalscoring stats]

 

Haaland has a scoring ratio of almost a goal a game in the Premier League (91 minutes per goal) and the Champions League (92 minutes per goal). In the FA Cup, he averages a goal every 71 minutes.

His first season for City in 2022-23 was his most prolific, with 52 goals in all competitions scored at a rate of a goal every 79 minutes. His shot conversion rate was 28.7%.

Last season, he scored 38 goals across all competitions at a rate of a goal every 98 minutes, and that has slipped this season to a goal every 118 minutes – with 22 so far.

Haaland has the best overall minutes-to-goal ratio of any Premier League player to play more than 5,000 minutes (91 mins per goal). His closest rival is former City striker Sergio Aguero (108).

He is already third in Man City's Premier League top-scorers list on 79. Aguero (184) and Raheem Sterling (91) are ahead of him.

Haaland is 61st on the all-time list of Premier League scorers

Opta has calculated that if Haaland's current ratio of 0.9 goals per game is maintained he would catch Alan Shearer's all-time Premier League scoring record of 260 goals in his 287th game. Haaland, who has currently played 87 games, would need to keep up his scoring rate and play the next 200 consecutive top-flight games to reach Shearer's mark by game 32 in the 2029-30 season.

 

 

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