Erling Haaland said through fotmob that he is “looking forward to continuing with City” after signing a 10-year contract extension with Manchester City at the start of 2025. The 25-year-old also called the coming period “exciting times” for both the club and himself, a public line that cuts through the Barcelona and Real Madrid links around his future.
Haaland’s City Message
“I’m super happy, and I’m looking forward to what’s next because I think it’s exciting times for City as a club and also me as a player,” he said. He added: “I’m looking forward to continuing with City.”
That is the clearest statement yet from a striker who joined Manchester City in 2022 and has already put his name deep into the Premier League record book. He has 24 league goals this season and 31 direct goal contributions, numbers that keep him at the center of City’s title chase and make any talk of movement carry extra weight.
City’s Changing Squad
Haaland also pointed to the turnover around him. “It's been a lot of change now the last couple of years, I would say in the last year,” he said, before stressing that new arrivals need time to settle. “There's been lots of players that have been here for a long time. So with new players, it takes time. It's not easy to come into a new league for someone, new country, all of this. It takes time to adapt.”
That matters because Manchester City have not stayed still around him. Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker are among the established names listed in the background around this squad shift, while Bernardo Silva and John Stones remain part of the current core and Marc Guehi, Nico Gonzalez and Rayan Cherki are among the players tied to the broader squad picture.
Arsenal And Chelsea Ahead
City’s position in the league gives the statement more immediate force. They are three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand, and the season still includes an EFL Cup win and an FA Cup final against Chelsea next month. The final is set for May 16.
For City, Haaland’s message narrows the noise around one of the sport’s most followed forwards. For the clubs linked to him, it leaves a player who has 36 Premier League goals on his City resume and 100 league goals in 111 games sounding settled rather than restless.
