5 biggest release clauses in football today - no Prem stars or Lionel Messi included

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Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. Marca reports that the Norwegian forward will be available for £170million in the summer of 2024, with his buyout fee dropping to £150million a year later.However, those release clauses are some way short of the biggest in football, so here are the five highest release clauses in football today.READ MORE: World Cup of Pundits: Vote for ultimate footy expert as Roy Keane aims to defend titleThis list is dominated by players playing in Spain due to release clauses being compulsory for all players in La Liga.

As a result, the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona have placed extortionate price tags on their players to avoid the clauses being triggered.Los Blancos wingers Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio both have clauses valued at £598million in their current deals, according to talkSPORT.

However, Asensio is likely to leave for much less this summer with just a year remaining on his deal.As for Vinicius Jr, he could see his release clause increase, with the club thought to be close to announcing that he has signed a new long-term contract.Another string of Real Madrid players all have release clauses worth £641million, with Federico Valverde, Luka Modric and Brahim Diaz all set to cost any potential suitor more than half a billion to sign.Diaz, however, is currently heading into the second half of a two-loan spell with AC Milan which does include a pre-agreed buy option considerably lower than his release clause.Valverde and Modric remain integral to Real's midfield, though, with the latter extending his deal by a further year after last season's Champions League triumph.The first Barcelona player to feature on this list, Antoine Griezmann is in fact currently on loan at fellow La Liga.