Erling Haaland Contract

[marinello59]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

[Sylar]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

Unfathomable tbh - guaranteed career earnings by the time he's done of almost quarter of a billion...for kicking a ball with questionable effect for the next decade?

If it was based on his form last year I'd understand it a bit more. He's been bang average at times this season.

[Pretty Boy]

All about circumnavigating the FFP rules.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Clearly during a cost of living crisis football players are immune from criticism as they earn unbelievable sums of money.

We clearly have our priorities all wrong when teachers, nurses and emergency services cannot in some cases afford to live in places near where they work.

that’s not the players fault but if “fat cats” be asked to justify their salaries why not football players?

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

9.5 years is mental and £500k a week is even more mental. Baseball length contract at football weekly wages, unbelievable


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[HoboHarry]

Unfathomable tbh - guaranteed career earnings by the time he's done of almost quarter of a billion...for kicking a ball with questionable effect for the next decade?

If it was based on his form last year I'd understand it a bit more. He's been bang average at times this season.
To be fair, the whole team has been a level down from last year. He's only as good as the service he gets. Not that I'm defending the contract and salary, I'm not.

[ErinGoBraghHFC]

Clearly during a cost of living crisis football players are immune from criticism as they earn unbelievable sums of money.

We clearly have our priorities all wrong when teachers, nurses and emergency services cannot in some cases afford to live in places near where they work.

that’s not the players fault but if “fat cats” be asked to justify their salaries why not football players?

Would you rather the real fat cats (club owners) just pocketed the cash? Because that’s the alternative


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[Viva_Palmeiras]

If the game truly wants to be sustainable how can such imbalances be tolerated plus there needs to be a review of where the colossal sums of money in the game go. Why not give back to facilities for supporters/ disabled facilities/ subsidies for season tickets or away travel?

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Would you rather the real fat cats (club owners) just pocketed the cash? Because that’s the alternative


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see my points above.

[Real Emerald]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

Unfortunately all of us paying Sky subscriptions are chipping in to help pay for this madness.

[Onceinawhile]

All about circumnavigating the FFP rules.

I think there was a vote regarding length of contract that could be amortised for ffp purposes. Can't remember what the result was.

Also, circumvent.

[Renfrew_Hibby]

Unfathomable tbh - guaranteed career earnings by the time he's done of almost quarter of a billion...for kicking a ball with questionable effect for the next decade?

If it was based on his form last year I'd understand it a bit more. He's been bang average at times this season.

He will probably make as much again from sponsorships/image rights ect.

[Pretty Boy]

I think there was a vote regarding length of contract that could be amortised for ffp purposes. Can't remember what the result was.

Also, circumvent.

:greengrin

Well corrected.

[SteveHFC]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

Wonder if City will get any financial charges after all with this news.

[WestCoastHibby]

I got into a FB argument about footballers wages recently: the thing I found most depressing was that people on not particularly high incomes actually defend this sort of stuff saying they “made sacrifices “
How much would it cost for me to take a pensioner and two children to a Manchester derby? I just couldn’t afford it

[Lancs Harp]

And then theres the totally ridiculous ..... Neymar.

[weecounty hibby]

Disgusting. 500k per week is obscene. It's that kind of thing that really turns me off football

[Donegal Hibby]

Seen a breakdown of what he’s getting….

Total worth …. 260 mill .
Per year …. 26 mill .
Per month …. 2,166,666 .
Per week …. 500k .
Per day …. 71, 428 .
Per hour …. 2,976 .
Per minute…. 49.60 .
Per second …. 82p .

[wallpaperman]

Seen a breakdown of what he’s getting….

Total worth …. 260 mill .
Per year …. 26 mill .
Per month …. 2,166,666 .
Per week …. 500k .
Per day …. 71, 428 .
Per hour …. 2,976 .
Per minute…. 49.60 .
Per second …. 82p .

Go to sleep for 7 hours and you’ve earnt £20k in that time. 🤔

[worcesterhibby]

Unfathomable tbh - guaranteed career earnings by the time he's done of almost quarter of a billion...for kicking a ball with questionable effect for the next decade?

If it was based on his form last year I'd understand it a bit more. He's been bang average at times this season.

I don't particularly like Haaland (not sure why..probably his face and his stupid hair and he plays for city) and I don't really wish him any ill-will.. but It would be fantastic if he just never hits those heights again and ends up a bang average 9 goals a season striker who they are stuck with on that criminally immoral salary for 9 years. I want him to become Brian Graham but without the charm.

[wallpaperman]

I don't particularly like Haaland (not sure why..probably his face and his stupid hair and he plays for city) and I don't really wish him any ill-will.. but It would be fantastic if he just never hits those heights again and ends up a bang average 9 goals a season striker who they are stuck with on that criminally immoral salary for 9 years. I want him to become Brian Graham but without the charm.

He’s been a bit injury prone at times as well has he not? Likely only get worse as he ages in football terms.

[Se7enUp]

Clearly during a cost of living crisis football players are immune from criticism as they earn unbelievable sums of money.

We clearly have our priorities all wrong when teachers, nurses and emergency services cannot in some cases afford to live in places near where they work.

that’s not the players fault but if “fat cats” be asked to justify their salaries why not football players?

It's the general public's fault. Unwilling to pay enough taxes to give essential public sector staff and decent living, but more than happy to empty their pickets into the coffers of the private sector

[JimBHibees]

Seen a breakdown of what he’s getting….

Total worth …. 260 mill .
Per year …. 26 mill .
Per month …. 2,166,666 .
Per week …. 500k .
Per day …. 71, 428 .
Per hour …. 2,976 .
Per minute…. 49.60 .
Per second …. 82p .

The reason top level football is becoming progressively more repulsive

[Irish_Steve]

Jim McLean will have a wee smile on his face

[marinello59]

I don't particularly like Haaland (not sure why..probably his face and his stupid hair and he plays for city) and I don't really wish him any ill-will.. but It would be fantastic if he just never hits those heights again and ends up a bang average 9 goals a season striker who they are stuck with on that criminally immoral salary for 9 years. I want him to become Brian Graham but without the charm.

:greengrin

[Dashing Bob S]

247 mill - he’ll have to pay tax and maybe 10% agents fees on that.
Shame to see such a talented young player exploited in this way

[007]

Yes, but he's no Kieron Bowie.

[Baader]

As much as I enjoy watching the Premier League, it unfortunately sold its soul a long time ago. The game wasn't ever really meant to be like this...

[hibsbollah]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

It sounds very similar to Patrick Mahomes contract in the NFL, $850k a week over 10 years. Its all total insanity of course. Meanwhile operations are getting done in hospital corridors.

[Billy Whizz]

What what will happen to him if Man City are found guilty of the charges against them?

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Absolute madness no matter how good he is 👎

[HoboHarry]

What what will happen to him if Man City are found guilty of the charges against them?
He'll be scoring about 350 goals a season for Man City in the Manchester Farmers & Tractors League Division 2.

[supermcginn]

What what will happen to him if Man City are found guilty of the charges against them?

I think you can take from this news that there won't be any charges, no danger he would sign otherwise.

[Donegal Hibby]

The reason top level football is becoming progressively more repulsive


Totally agree …

I think it’s sad what football is becoming compared to years and years ago when leagues where more competitive , cup competitions were more exciting when teams weren’t seeded ..

The English league cup is one that I find particularly bad in the big teams in Europe don’t join in till the later rounds and even the semi final is home and away , what chance as a smaller club of reaching a final nowadays ? ..

Haalands contract just goes to show how ugly football is becoming with top clubs paying obscene amounts of money and while that increases the greedier the clubs get for more money ..

There should have been a transfer fee and wage cap years ago in order to stop this madness that’s happening now IMO.

[Glory Lurker]

He put our bins out for us when we were in Germany in the summer.

[SHODAN]

They are taking the piss.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

What what will happen to him if Man City are found guilty of the charges against them?

City will agree a financial settlement. The UAE are too embedded within sports and the country's politics for any sporting punishment to be dished out sadly

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Unfortunately all of us paying Sky subscriptions are chipping in to help pay for this madness.
it also goes beyond that I suspect whether you “voted with your feet” and cancelled your subscription and wrote to explain why the likelihood is that folks accessing through dubious means would still prove attractive to advertisers and sponsors - as long as their products get eyeballs. So it’s hard to know what would actually make a difference - regulators with balls or threat of real consequences around sportswashing.

[allmodcons]

Disgusting. 500k per week is obscene. It's that kind of thing that really turns me off football

Totally agree. Just obscene

[Colr]

He's just signed a new nine and a half year deal with Manchester City that has no release clauses. He will be 34 when the deal ends and it's reckoned he will be on £500k a week. Is it just me or has the world gone mad? He's a wonderful player but that is just bonkers.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/13290546/erling-haaland-contract-manchester-city-striker-signs-new-nine-and-a-half-year-deal-until-2034

Is there a way to see how much tax he pays on that?

[DH1875]

Erm....Kyle Walker has apparently turned down £400k per week TAX FREE. Now that's a shocker. Not only because he was offered it but he is in a position where he can knock that back.

[blackpoolhibs]

Unfortunately all of us paying Sky subscriptions are chipping in to help pay for this madness.
:greengrin

[21.05.2016]

Seen a breakdown of what he’s getting….

Total worth …. 260 mill .
Per year …. 26 mill .
Per month …. 2,166,666 .
Per week …. 500k .
Per day …. 71, 428 .
Per hour …. 2,976 .
Per minute…. 49.60 .
Per second …. 82p .

Utter madness tbh. Nobody needs all that money.

Not Haalands fault, I mean if my boss came to me tomorrow and offered me that I certainly wouldn’t be saying no! But Christ the world really is an odd place where you can earn that for essentially kicking a ball around a pitch for 90 mins and you have people literally saving lives for barely a fraction of that.

[The Modfather]

Putting aside the crazy bubble football lives in, I can see the logic from Man City. They don’t need to buy a main striker for a decade, injuries aside, in an era that doesn’t seem to produce a great deal of world class strikers. £262m to Halland over 10 years, how much would it cost City to try and replace Halland and pay similar-ish wages in doing so? It also wards off the eventual move to Real Madrid, unless on their terms.

10 years is excessive though.

[Colr]

Utter madness tbh. Nobody needs all that money.

Not Haalands fault, I mean if my boss came to me tomorrow and offered me that I certainly wouldn’t be saying no! But Christ the world really is an odd place where you can earn that for essentially kicking a ball around a pitch for 90 mins and you have people literally saving lives for barely a fraction of that.

Money out of Abu Dhabi coffers into Britain? (If he is taxed here )

[SteveHFC]

I think you can take from this news that there won't be any charges, no danger he would sign otherwise.

Every club in England should just do what they want if Man City don’t get charged.

[worcesterhibby]

Every club in England should just do what they want if Man City don’t get charged.

yes but other clubs still get points deductions because their not owned by a country that spends billions with the UK on armaments.

[McD]

yes but other clubs still get points deductions because their not owned by a country that spends billions with the UK on armaments.


Or clubs who threaten to tie up the powers-that-be in legal battles for years, who will just keep throwing money at the lawyers to delay, complicate and drag out things for years

[Since90+2]

Is there a way to see how much tax he pays on that?

50% tax on 99% of it, so £130 million in tax.

[Since90+2]

It's huge money but it's not the highest wage we've seen in football. Mbappe was on more at PSG and I'm sure Ronaldo was on something like 2 million a week (tax free) when he first went to Saudi.

[GreenCastle]

One the reasons he went to City originally was he was supposedly told come to us for a few years then get your move to Real Madrid.

I still reckon there is a small possibility sometime in next 10 years he will end up at Madrid for a large transfer fee so City will get some money back.

If he doesn’t move then he will just be happy to continue on this insane contract - will be interesting to see who takes over after Pep whose contract is till 2027.

The other part is maybe he’s just happy in England and protecting himself if he has an injury - with all the games and chances of an injury like an ACL be may never be the same again. Hopefully he stays fit and be interesting to see the numbers and any records he beats. Shearer has the record of 260 goals Haaland is on 79. Aguero has 184 goals in 275 games over 10 seasons.

[7Hero]

50% tax on 99% of it, so £130 million in tax.
61.8% tax in Scotland including the NI..another reason he's not coming up here 😂

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Coincidentally Haaland is the favourite to win the first race of the day (1015 Lingfield) today.

[worcesterhibby]

50% tax on 99% of it, so £130 million in tax.

his “people” will find plenty of ways around that. He’ll probably pay a tiny fraction of that.

[Alfred E Newman]

61.8% tax in Scotland including the NI..another reason he's not coming up here 😂

Hearts were interested.

[hibsbollah]

61.8% tax in Scotland including the NI..another reason he's not coming up here 😂

Literally nobody counts NI as part of the tax burden.

[Since90+2]

his “people” will find plenty of ways around that. He’ll probably pay a tiny fraction of that.

I wouldn't say a "tiny" fraction, but there are likely legal ways to lessen your tax burden as you say.

He'll still be paying tens of millions in tax over that period. Tax lawyers are skilled at what they do, but they don't have a magic wand.

[Allant1981]

Crazy money but read something earlier and the team ronaldo plays for are looking to extend his contract and pay him 180 million euros per year. Absolutely mental

[Eyrie]

Literally nobody counts NI as part of the tax burden.

It's just a tax with a different name paid in the same way to the same collectors. But it suits the politicians to pretend it's different.

Regardless, I wouldn't mind paying 61.8% tax if it meant my income was high enough as I'd still struggle to spend what I had left. What's Haaland going to do with the extra money? Have a private helicopter fly him to Carlisle and Colchester after the financial fair play investigation is concluded?

[One Day Soon]

I don't particularly like Haaland (not sure why..probably his face and his stupid hair and he plays for city) and I don't really wish him any ill-will.. but It would be fantastic if he just never hits those heights again and ends up a bang average 9 goals a season striker who they are stuck with on that criminally immoral salary for 9 years. I want him to become Brian Graham but without the charm.


This.

It's utterly disgusting that any player gets even remotely near this income. Football as we knew it is dying in front of our eyes. Or perhaps not dying but mutating from a sport nested in the community into a limited membership board game for kleptocrats and plutocrats.

[One Day Soon]

Literally nobody counts NI as part of the tax burden.

I don't know anyone who doesn't count anything that comes off their pay before they get what is left as tax. With the exception of pension contributions I suppose.

[WhileTheChief..]

If the game truly wants to be sustainable how can such imbalances be tolerated plus there needs to be a review of where the colossal sums of money in the game go. Why not give back to facilities for supporters/ disabled facilities/ subsidies for season tickets or away travel?

Just as sickening is where it all comes from.

It’s ridiculous that any individual, or company, or whatever, can have so much money that they can spend billions on their play thing.

Screw them all.

[One Day Soon]

61.8% tax in Scotland including the NI..another reason he's not coming up here 😂

Hearts were in for him apparently.

[One Day Soon]

yes but other clubs still get points deductions because their not owned by a country that spends billions with the UK on armaments.

I mean, grassy knoll-tastic and all that but I think the billions these characters across most of the premiership are putting into the game and therefore fuelling lavish salaries and lifestyles across the whole bureaucracy of English football is much more likely to be swaying decisions made by the blazers than anything else.

[FilipinoHibs]

£260 million is nothing to the UAE but the money the princes are spending is from a national fund that be used to look after the people of the UAE particularly when the oil runs our or when the world flips to renewable energy.

[jacomo]

Would you rather the real fat cats (club owners) just pocketed the cash? Because that’s the alternative


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Another alternative is lower ticket prices and tv subs.