Fatimania has been in full swing for a few weeks on the side of FC Barcelona. The young 18-year-old striker, returned to competition after a long absence and several knee operations, gave hope to all the people, depressed since the departure of Lionel Messi (34) to Paris SG this summer, and this, in the space of four appearances in all competitions, punctuated by two achievements and pretty gestures.
The Blaugranas therefore activated themselves to complete his contract extension while there was still time, as other big fish began to prowl around his representative Jorge Mendes and him. Sports world reveals that, on Monday evening, the two parties agreed to sign a new lease. Sporting director Mateu Alemany even went to Porto, stronghold of the Portuguese super agent, to definitively formalize this agreement in principle.
Billion clause, big pay raise
Sport unveils its contours this Tuesday afternoon. The Spanish international (4 capes, 1 goal), now under contract until June 2022 (Barça has a unilateral clause to extend it until June 2024), will in fact engage with the residents Camp Nou until June 2027. And, as for Pedri (18), recently armored until June 2026, the n ° 10 azulgrana will have a release clause set at 1 billion euros. And that’s not all. Its emoluments will also increase substantially, given its new dimension.
If we do not know the content, we know that the Catalans were forced to put their hands in their pockets more than they had expected. “We had to accept certain conditions, but it is a fair and good contract for the club and the player, who will receive what he deserves in view of his trajectory and his room for improvement”, explained a source close to the management to the newspaper. Barça hope to be able to officially announce the good news of Ansu Fati’s extension before Sunday’s Clasico against Real Madrid (La Liga matchday 10).
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