‘We need Erling Haaland for the following decade – we’re in love with him’

Pep Guardiola has informed Real Madrid to neglect about signing Erling Haaland – as a result of Manchester City wish to maintain him for a decade.

Real are plotting a shocking £170million summer time swoop for scoring sensation Haaland. The Spanish giants will flip to Haaland if French ace Kylian Mbappe doesn’t be part of them from Paris Saint-Germain.

But Guardiola insists City are decided to maintain maintain of star striker Haaland for a very long time. Guardiola, whose aspect journey to Brentford tomorrow (February 5), stated: “What do you assume?

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“That we don’t want Erling to stay here for one decade? We want him to stay for a long, long time at this club. We are in love with him. But I’m not involved in that.

“It’s always about the desire of the player and the club – does he stay, does he want to leave? He arrived last season and his impact was incredible, also at the beginning of this season. Then he was injured for two months.

“What happens in the future, honestly I don’t know, but we’re happy to have him. Hopefully he’s happy to be with us. The rest, I don’t know. We can’t control what people say, so it’s normal.”

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Haaland signed a five-year take care of City after becoming a member of them from Borussia Dortmund in 2022 for £55m. But City are ready to open contract talks with Haaland a couple of new deal, within the wake of his objective scoring heroics.

Haaland plundered 53 objectives final season to assist City win the Treble. Guardiola stated: “It’s going to occur when Erling decides to increase the contract or not.

“When the membership decides to extent the contract or not, or when we have now potential provides for him or not. If somebody needs Erling it’s straightforward – name Manchester City and ask.

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“That’s what we do when we want to sign someone. It’s not complicated. I know from my chairman, sporting director, CEO and other people that we want to keep our best players.

“To be there [at the top], we need good players. We’re not going to win games just because I’m sitting here as manager and we’ve had success in the past.

“We can’t do that without good players. We need good players, that’s the secret of our success. There are many reasons, but that’s is the main one – having exceptional players.”