The King of Efficiency! 10-year contract of £250 million. Is Haaland s first World Cup stable?

Recently, Manchester City's current top scorer Haaland officially announced that he would renew his contract until 2034! The weekly salary is as high as 500,000 pounds, and the total value is more than 250 million pounds after ten years of signing! At Manchester City, Haaland is synonymous with efficiency. He played 126 times and scored 111 goals and 15 assists, and won the Premier League Golden Boot twice. The data is so beautiful!

But for Haaland to brush data at Manchester City, it may be just a part of the work. He also had a bigger thought in his heart: to lead the Norwegian national team into the World Cup! The history of Norwegian football is a bit shabby. The last time I played in the World Cup was still far away in 1998, and the European Cup dates back to 2000. As strong as Haaland, he led the national team's terrifying efficiency of scoring 23 goals in 21 games in the qualifiers, and he had never dragged Norway into the competition before.

But this time it's really different! The 2026 World Cup has expanded! Europe has suddenly increased its quota, and Norway's opportunities have increased significantly. Grouping under the new competition system is also relatively beneficial. Haaland and captain Odegao, the "Temini", have won four games in the last four national team games, ranking first in top spots over Italy and Israel. It can be said that they have entered the World Cup with one foot.

At Manchester City, he is a super striker with a sky-high contract. He scored a lot of goals, but he was occasionally picky and secretly caught in the key battle. The team is overall strong, and he is more like a sophisticated goal machine. In Norway, he is the hope of the whole village, the absolute leader and soul. The goal-scoring ability is still at the level of nuclear weapons, but the overall strength of the team is limited. If you want to enter the World Cup, he has to carry the team and the difficulty index soars.

So, after the contract renewal was signed, Haaland was stable in the club. But for him personally, the stage where he can truly become a god and completely get rid of doubt may be in the national team's arena, especially in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. If Norway can be sent to the World Cup that has been away from nearly 30 years, it will definitely be no less meaningful than winning any trophy in Manchester City! Norway has been waiting for almost a hundred years for the world cup expansion. Can Haaland seize the trend of the world cup? All Norwegian fans, even many neutral fans, are waiting to see how the Viking behemoth writes a new chapter in the national team. This is even more exciting than how many goals he scored at Manchester City!