Haaland
Erling Haaland has scored 28 goals in 22 Champions League matches, the fewest games to reach this tally in history of the competition

According to reports in Spain, Erling Haaland has a special release clause in his contract that will allow him to join Real Madrid in 2024.

According to reports, Madrid have an exclusive agreement to sign the 22-year-old Norway forward, but that is not true.

"That's not true," he said. He doesn't have a release clause for any of the teams.

I don't know if I'm annoyed by the rumors. Absolutely not. You can't control what people are saying, so we have to worry about what we can control.

He has adapted well to City. The most important thing is that he is happy here.

Haaland has scored 19 goals in his first 12 games for City, and has been linked with a move to Spain.

Jack Grealish was left shocked by Haaland's performance in Wednesday's win over the Danes.

Grealish said it was unbelievable. I have never seen anything like it before. The first and second goals made me laugh. He is always present.

As I walked back, the keeper said something to me. He said he wasn't a human. I asked if he's telling me. Hopefully he can carry on and make us proud.

Haaland would have had more goals if Grabara hadn't stopped them.

Haaland beat him with his first touch of the game to open the scoring - a precise finish from a Joao Cancelo cross - but saw his next two efforts brilliantly stopped.

Typically, that did not deter him, and he was in the right place to tap into an empty net to make it 2-0 after the save.

Haaland needed one more goal to complete his fourth hat-trick in six home games for City, but he was taken off at the half-time break.

With the game won, he switched his focus to Saturday's home game with Saints.

Haaland was in agreement with the decision.

"With Erling, what he wants is the same as all of us, which is to win games, so I have to be honest with you," said the coach.

He wanted to win the games. If he played 45 more minutes, he would have more chances, but he has played a lot of minutes and the game was already over.

If the game was close, Erling would continue to play, but it was better to rest and think of the team we couldn't beat last season. We should be able to do it this season.

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