The status of Manchester City’s goal poacher Erling Braut Haaland as football’s most popular free agent might be coming to an halt soon with information going around indicating that he is set to join Nike as one of the brand’s biggest stars.
Haaland has alternated between PUMA, Adidas and Nike boots since the start of 2022 with the Norwegian keeping his choices available ahead of an official boot deal that could be worth an amount within a staggering valuation of £20 million per year.
David Ornstein revelations on Erling Haaland
David Ornstein, a journalist with The Athletic revealed that Erling Haaland is now in line to pen a massive deal with Nike having been wearing the Zoom Mercurial Superfly boot consistently in the past few months.
Even though the amount quoted for Haaland’s boot deal is worthy of attention, Erling Haaland is said to have stated and noted that the comfortability and performance nature of the boot is of utmost importance to him.
And that is why the Norwegian has been rotating through several brands and models in recent months to try and get the perfect boot that would be of perfect fit to his feet.
Postulation for the eventual boot partner of Haaland has garnered lots of opinions and takes the 22-year-old in top position to be one of the big names and popular faces of the game in years to come.
Many thought that PUMA would be the boot partner of Erling Haaland due to the organization being Manchester City’s long term jersey supplier.
Adidas are also in frantic need of a footballer to be the long-term star of the brand as the retirement of Argentine great Lionel Messi is ticking closer.
Erling Haaland has scored thirty-three (33) goals in thirty-three (33) matches this season and it is without doubt that the eventual boot partner of the forward would garner a lot of attention across the globe.
Haaland signed a five-year deal in the summer of 2022 to join Manchester City for an amount reported to be within the region of £51.2 million.
Haaland reportedly earns around £900,000 a week which is around £35million per season.
The numbers of Erling Haaland and the clubs he has played for
His numbers in-front of goal are absolutely breathtaking as he scored an impressive eighty-six (86) goals in eighty-nine (89) appearances for Borussia Dortmund before moving to England.
During his time in Austria, the Norwegian forward scored twenty-nine (29) goals in twenty-seven (27) appearances for Red Bull Salzburg.
He also scored nineteen (19) goals in forty-eight (48) appearances for Molde in the Norwegian top flight league.
The first club of Erling Haaland is Bryne and he had a short stint as he stayed for just ten (10) months with the club making sixteen appearances and scoring no goals.
For the National team of Norway, Haaland has scored twenty-one (21) goals in twenty-three (23) appearances.
