Erling Haaland may have signed a contract to stay with Manchester City for another nine years, but reports have already sprung up about how Real Madrid could still pursue him. Haaland sent a definitive message over his future on Friday by renewing his contract with Man City until 2034.

Few players have signed 9.5-year deals, and it is rarer still that a top player would commit their future to one club for that long. Yet Manchester City have managed just that with Erling Haaland,

It has been reported that Erling Haaland doesn’t have a release clause in his new Man City contract, but AS understands this isn’t the case.