Welcome back to Talking Transfers! TBR Football’s weekly column brings you the latest Premier League transfer news and updates from our chief correspondent, Graeme Bailey.

This week, we’ll dive into Erling Haaland’s contract clauses, a little on Premier League-based sporting directors and the centre-backs you’ll need to keep a close eye on in the upcoming windows.

I’ve been speaking to my sources, and some interesting nuggets could shape the next 18 months and beyond. Let’s break it all down.

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Real Madrid and Barcelona both believe there are clauses in Erling Haaland’s new contract, signed last season, that could allow him to leave in the future.

City sources originally said that with the new nine-year deal running to 2034, his previous clauses had been removed. But sources close to the deal – and at Barcelona – think there are still some clauses in there. I mean, let’s be honest, every major deal Haaland has signed has always had clauses.

So, let’s see how this plays out. But when we’re talking about clauses, we’re not expecting Haaland to leave in the next 18 months.

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