If one has the resources to sign a footballer who is as effective as Erling Haaland for a decade, then there will always be strong arguments to do so – whatever choppy waters Manchester City might face in their immediate future.

City announced the deal — covering 10 years from the start of this season — on Friday for the 24-year-old Haaland, who has scored 111 goals in 125 games since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.

Erling Haaland’s new Manchester City deal sees him become the highest-paid footballer in the world. On Friday, the Premier League champions announced that Haaland has put pen to paper on a nine-and-a-half-year deal.