‘HUGE commitment!’ Pep Guardiola reacts to Haaland’s new 10-year extension in shadow of Premier League charges | OneFootball

Pep Guardiola has backed Erling Haaland to break more records at Manchester City, after the striker signed a lucrative 10-year contract extension.

Haaland’s new deal comes despite there being no resolution to the 115 Premier League charges facing the club, who have been accused of breaching Premier League financial rules, which they deny.

And Guardiola admits it is a huge commitment from the 24-year-old.

“In 10 years, wow, you never know what is going to happen,” Guardiola explained.

“It’s a long, long time, and always in a short career you have to say, ‘OK stay, see what happens’, and he proved what he wanted, and trusts the club.

“We have to create an environment where he is unstoppable, because there he is the best.

“He’s still so young, and I’m pretty sure he’ll mature by playing games, and games, and games, and it’s going to happen naturally.

“I don’t have the feeling that he’s a guy with a contract who says, ‘Now I have this I’m going to take a nap’. It’s not going to happen.

“He loves to play, a huge competitor, but at the same time he as the ability to get away from good moments and bad moments immediately.

“His mindset is really good to forget what happened, and think about the next.”

Haaland’s 111 goals in 126 appearances has seen him break all sorts of records at City and Guardiola believes more will tumble.

“If he continues with the numbers since he arrived, yeah [his records will never be beaten],” he added.

“But it will depend on the team, him as well. It’s exceptional news for all of us, the club.

“When one player decides to sign this type of contract never done before it’s because he wants to show how desperately he wants to be here.

“Next season, if I’m still here, I will do 10 years [at Man City]. So he has to beat me.

“He comes from Norway; I think maybe the weather here [in Manchester] is better.

“And he settled perfectly, and I think what happened is because he loves the club, the people he is around, he loves the Premier League, he loves to be here with his wife and now he’s a father.

“So I think he visualised that there is no better place that he could be right now in the next 10 years. And that’s why he and his family decided to do this step.”