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title: "Manchester City: Sky Sports share mid-week transfer twist involving Erling Haaland and Harry Kane"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-tottenham-dortmund-pep-guardiola-sky-sports-haaland-harry-kane-latest-mcfc-transfer-news/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester City News"
published: "2022-03-17T12:35:05Z"
modified: "2022-03-17T12:35:05Z"
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# Manchester City: Sky Sports share mid-week transfer twist involving Erling Haaland and Harry Kane

**As per [Sky Sports](https://sport.sky.de/fussball/artikel/bvb-transfer-news-poker-um-erling-haaland-das-sind-die-optionen/12566823/33896), there has been a major transfer twist out of Manchester City involving Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland and Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane.**

### The Lowdown: City have Haaland deal in place?

Reliable journalists [Jack Gaughan and Craig Hope](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10604175/Manchester-City-deal-place-seal-blockbuster-signing-Erling-Haaland.html) turned the heads of many Sky Blues supporters when they broke recent news of City having a deal in place for long-time target Haaland.

[Man City latest developments!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/man-city-latest-developments-2/)

The Norway star, they claim, is edging closer and closer to Eastlands with sources in Germany expecting Dortmund’s forward to ultimately choose a move to Manchester.

[The Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10604175/Manchester-City-deal-place-seal-blockbuster-signing-Erling-Haaland.html) also believe that personal terms have been discussed with Haaland and his entourage as Sky Blue ready the green-light to sign him this summer.

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After this development, you’d think that would put an end to City’s interest in Kane, but you’d be wrong according to Sky Germany.

### The Latest: Sky share transfer twist…

According to the big name broadcaster, sharing ‘different’ information, Pep Guardiola and co actually hold Kane in higher esteem with the England international remaining a top target.

“In England it has already been reported that Haaland is about to move to City. Our information is different,” said [Sky journalist Marc Behrenbeck.](https://sport.sky.de/fussball/artikel/bvb-transfer-news-poker-um-erling-haaland-das-sind-die-optionen/12566823/33896)

Sky go on to state that City are still eyeing Kane and even see the 28-year-old as a ‘little stronger’ than Haaland, believing he ‘fits better’ into Guardiola’s system.

Sporting director Txiki Begiristain, however, does still have the latter man in their sights.

### The Verdict: Major claim…

This comes as a pretty surprising development given Haaland could leave Dortmund this year for the very reasonable price of his £63 million release clause, though add-ons and his sky-high salary package will [bump up the overall cost.](https://www.si.com/soccer/manchestercity/news/erling-haalands-release-clause-has-a-deadline-by-which-manchester-city-or-real-madrid-must-activate-it-by#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20information%20of,activated%20before%20April%2030th%2C%202022.)

Saying that, for a striker still only 21-years-old and already [proving to be prolific](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/315227/Show/Erling-Haaland) at the very top level, even a total of figure of around [£100 million (including signing-on fees and agent bonuses)](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10604175/Manchester-City-deal-place-seal-blockbuster-signing-Erling-Haaland.html) is arguably peanuts for City.

Meanwhile, a swoop for Kane could prove as difficult as it did last year.

An Eastlands source slammed chairman Daniel Levy’s famous nature of being a stubborn negotiator after they agreed a deal to sign Kyle Walker for £50 million, using a rather colourful description [(The Athletic)](https://theathletic.com/2747010/2021/08/03/harry-kanes-rebellion-why-hes-doing-it-spurs-determination-not-to-sell-and-the-gentlemans-agreement-levy-says-never-happened/).

City have wasted enough time attempting to reach a compromise with Spurs and Levy, as evident by their [four approaches](https://www.90min.com/posts/pep-guardiola-reveals-man-city-failed-4-approaches-harry-kane) in 2021, and we believe Haaland comes as the far greater option.

***In other news: Man City are also eyeing an ‘absolutely unplayable’ forward, Pep’s in love with him…find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-transfer-rumours/manchester-city-pep-guardiola-calciomercato-rafael-leao-update-latest-mcfc-transfer-news/)***