Transfer news: Manchester City have reached an agreement to sign Erling Haaland

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They are on the verge of another Premier League title, but Manchester City are already planning for next season.

It has been announced that Manchester City have reached an agreement to sign Norway striker Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.

Haaland will join in July after City activated a 60m euro (£51.2m) release clause in his contract.

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Will he be worth money? Take a look at his best Bundesliga goals

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The deal ends the club's hunt for a successor to their all-time top scorer Sergio Aguero.

Haaland, who passed his City medical in Belgium on Monday, has scored 85 goals in 88 appearances for Dortmund since joining from Red Bull Salzburg in January 2020.

Even though City are within touching distance of a second successive Premier League title achieved without an orthodox centre-forward, Guardiola has always stressed his desire to have one.

City tried hard to get Harry Kane from Premier League rivals Tottenham last summer but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy stood firm and refused to sell. Many experts are now saying this was a good thing for City. The soon to be former Dortmund striker has at least a decade of playing at the highest level ahead of him. There's probably more. 

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This is the tweet that announced that City had agreed a deal with the Norwegian. I'm gutted he has left us, but I’d rather focus on the positives and what he done for us.

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A short statement on the club website reads: 

Manchester City can confirm we have reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of striker Erling Haaland to the Club on 1st July 2022.

The transfer remains subject to the Club finalising terms with the player.

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He has scored over league goals in 121 appearances for Molde, Red Bull Salzburg and Dortmund and last year became the youngest player to reach 20 Champions League goals.

The Haaland family are of course familiar with Manchester City. Erling's father Alf-Inge played for City between 2000 and 2003 in a career that also saw him represent Leeds and Nottingham Forest.

Erling Haaland Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts

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