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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has signed a caller semipermanent woody with the nine that volition support him astatine the Etihad until 2034.
The Norwegian joined City from Dortmund successful 2022 and has scored 111 goals successful 126 games for the nine since.
The striker's erstwhile deal, which reportedly included a merchandise clause, had been owed to expire successful 2027.
Haaland's caller woody would spot the striker stay with City until his 34th day should helium enactment astatine the nine until its expiry successful nine-and-a-half years' time.
"I americium truly blessed to person signed my caller declaration and to beryllium capable to look guardant to spending adjacent much clip astatine this large club," said Haaland.
"Manchester City is simply a peculiar club, afloat of fantastic radical with astonishing supporters and it's the benignant of situation that helps bring the champion retired of everybody.
"I besides privation to convey [manager] Pep [Guardiola], his coaching staff, my team-mates and everyone astatine the nine arsenic they person each helped maine truthful overmuch successful the past mates of years."
Txiki Begiristain, City's manager of football, said: "The information helium [Haaland] is signed for truthful agelong demonstrates our committedness to him arsenic a subordinate and his emotion for the club."
Haaland's declaration renewal comes 2 months aft Pep Guardiola's determination to motion a caller two-year deal of his own.
It has been suggested that Haaland's aboriginal astatine City is linked to Guardiola's but his determination to motion specified a semipermanent woody dismisses that theory.
The magnitude of Haaland's woody is the longest successful the Premier League, eclipsing the nine-year woody Cole Palmer signed with Chelsea past August.
Since moving to the nine from Germany, the Norway guardant has won 2 Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the Champions League and the Super Cup.
Haaland, the lad of erstwhile City defender Alf-Inge, has netted 21 times successful 28 appearances for City this season.
The defending champions are 12 points down leaders Liverpool successful the Premier League table, having played an other crippled than the Reds.
The striker's renewal comes arsenic City await the result of their disciplinary lawsuit against the Premier League.
The club, which could look a immense authorisation if recovered guilty, person denied the 115 charges levelled against them.
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