Manchester City have announced the signing of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth \u00a351m.<\/p>\n
City announced last month they had beaten off competition from Europe\u2019s top clubs to agree a deal with the German giants after triggering Haaland\u2019s reported \u00a351 million ($63 million) release clause.<\/span><\/p>\n The 21-year-old has now signed a five-year contract to follow in the footsteps of his father Alfie Inge Haaland, who played for City between 2000 and 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n Haaland believes he will only improve working under Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola after completing his transfer from Borussia Dortmund to the English champions on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was born in England, I\u2019ve been a City fan my whole life, I know a lot about the club,\u201d Haaland told Man City TV on why he choose the Etihad as the destination for the next stage of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn the end (it was) two things; I feel at home here and also I think I can develop and get the best out of my game at City.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Haaland had almost his pick of Europe\u2019s top clubs thanks to a buyout clause below his market value and a stunning record of 86 goals in 89 games for Dortmund.<\/span><\/p>\n He also now has 20 goals in 21 international appearances after scoring five times in four games this month for Norway.<\/span><\/p>\n The arrival of one of world football\u2019s biggest talents ends City\u2019s search for a specialist striker to succeed the club\u2019s all-time record goalscorer Sergio Aguero, who left Manchester last year.<\/span><\/p>\n City\u2019s attempt to sign England captain Harry Kane from Tottenham fell short last summer, but Guardiola\u2019s men still had enough to pip Liverpool by a point to win a fourth Premier League title in five seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n Guardiola has often preferred a system without a recognised striker, but Haaland is confident the two will be the perfect match.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think I can develop a lot under Pep and in this club. I think I can get better in a lot of things and hopefully I can score a lot of goals,\u201d added Haaland.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spoken a little bit with him and we both look forward to working together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manchester City have announced the signing of Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth \u00a351m. City announced last month they had beaten off competition from Europe\u2019s top clubs to agree a deal with the German giants after triggering Haaland\u2019s reported \u00a351 million ($63 million) release clause. The 21-year-old has now signed a five-year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2302,3456,1592],"class_list":["post-9066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-dortmund","tag-erling-haaland","tag-man-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9068,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9066\/revisions\/9068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}