Manchester City will kill two birds with one stone with Haaland and Guardiola

One extension can hide another. Manchester City is on the verge of completely turning things around for Erling Haaland (24 years old) and Pep Guardiola (53 years old). While the two men were announced as possibly leaving, according to Markthe potential extension of the Spanish coach would have motivated the Norwegian to also stay in the north of England. Today, the former Borussia Dortmund center forward is almost sure to extend his contract with the Mancunian club.

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In great sporting difficulty, the Citizens have just suffered five consecutive defeats in all competitions, the last quite humiliating against Tottenham (4-0). But with this double extension in sight, the Skyblues could raise the bar by retaining the two headliners of their project. A prospect far from easy to imagine, a few weeks ago, when Pep Guardiola imagined himself leaving the ship and the Norwegian international striker (39 caps, 38 goals) seemed ready to use the release clause of 70 millions of euros to fly elsewhere.