Erling Haaland has officially joined Manchester City. The 21-year-old bomber joined The Citizens for a fairly affordable fee, namely 52 million or around 912 billion rupiah. Erling Haaland was unveiled on 13 June 2022 and will join the club on 1 July 2022, according to reports on Manchester City's official website and social media. The inauguration was carried out directly in the city of Manchester, precisely at the Manchester City office. Erling Haaland signed a 5 year contract until 2027.
The Norwegian striker revealed a number of reasons why he chose to join Manchester City, one of which was his close relationship with his father, Alf Inge Haaland, who is a former footballer who played for the English giants. In addition, Pep Guardiola's club has an 'attacking' style of play, which makes Haaland interested in playing for Manchester City. The splendor of the Etihad Stadium stadium was also the reason Haaland chose to join the blue Manchester club. It is known that Haaland has been a Manchester City fan since childhood, and has often visited the headquarters of the club nicknamed The Citizens to watch matches.
Erling Haaland joined Manchester City for a transfer fee of 52 million. Actually, the value of Erling Haaland's release clause is 75 million euros or equivalent to 1.1 trillion rupiah, and Haaland still has a contract remaining until 2023 with Borussia Dortmund. However, the club nicknamed The Black and Yellow has found an agreement between the club and Haaland's agent for a price of 52 million pounds, and is ready to leave Dortmund to join Manchester City.
As is well known, Haaland is one of the best young players in the world and one of the best strikers in Europe, even in the world. Haaland has scored 89 goals in 86 games in the German league, Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, and 20 goals in 21 games for the Norwegian national team. The 21-year-old player has 200 appearances and 155 goals for both club and national teams throughout his career in football. The appearance that shocked the world was at the Under-20 World Cup when Norway hosted Honduras and Haaland scored nine goals in the match, with the final score 12-0 for Norway to win.
(source: mancity.com)
