Man City is ready to make Erling Haaland the highest-paid player in the Premier League, to avoid the Norwegian striker being lured by Saudi Arabian clubs.

As revealed by The Sun (UK), Erling Haaland’s contract is still valid until 2027, but the management of the Etihad Stadium team has informed Rafaela Pimenta (the agent of the striker born in 2000) extension for another 12 months.

Not only that, Man City is also ready to make Erling Haaland the highest-paid player in the Premier League to avoid attention and enticement from clubs in Saudi Arabia towards their favorite player.

Accordingly, the Etihad Stadium team is willing to pay Haaland £26.8 million per year, meaning the salary of £375,000 per week that the Norwegian striker is receiving will increase to £550,000 per week.

Man City’s move is said to be not redundant, as Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah was paid up to 170 million pounds by reigning Saudi Pro League champion Al Ittihad to attract the Egyptian striker last summer

With Erling Haaland, CLB in Saudi Arabia is willing to spend up to 300 million pounds to receive the nod of the 23-year-old striker. However, at this time, Erling Haaland is still wholeheartedly in the color of Man City. In the match against Fulham yesterday (August 2), Erling Haaland shined with a hat-trick to help The Citizens win 5-1.

Furthermore, when asked about the possibility of breaking Alan Shearer’s record of 260 Premier League goals, the Norwegian striker still humbly said:

“He has scored a lot of goals and I don’t want to look too far ahead.” forward. I want to see what’s right in front of me and try to enjoy every moment of my life. I played in a really good team and they helped me a lot. Personally, I have to continue to improve.”