Barcelona had made it an goal to make sure that none of their gamers entered the ultimate yr of their offers this summer time, aside from veteran Robert Lewandowski. Nevertheless each Frenkie de Jong and Eric Garcia discover themselves in that scenario.
The latter is anticipated to signal a brand new deal sooner or later, with supervisor Hansi Flick making a degree of requesting that he stays on the membership. In the meantime de Jong can be anticipated to remain, however the Blaugrana have been met with delays from the Dutchman’s finish.
Barcelona and de Jong have settlement in precept
It has been reported that Barcelona and de Jong have already got a verbal settlement to resume his take care of a wage lower for the Dutchman, who’s at present one of many two highest earners within the squad alongside Lewandowski. The plan is for de Jong to commit for an additional 4 years, which might make him 32 by the point his deal expires.
Delays attributable to agent separation
One of many key elements in unblocking negotiations which have been ongoing for a lot of the previous yr was de Jong’s choice to maneuver on from agent Ali Dursun, with whom relations have been strained on the membership. MD (through Sempre Barca) say that de Jong is but to formally break ties with Dursun although, therefore the membership are unable to push forward with the renewal. Even so, regardless of time ticking on, Barcelona are relaxed in regards to the scenario, and anticipate the renewal to be confirmed sooner fairly than later.
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Incentive to wrap up de Jong renewal
One of many causes Barcelona might be hoping that that is the case is the impression on their wage restrict. If de Jong is accepting a decrease wage over the course of the 4 years, then releasing some additional area to register the likes of Wojciech Szczesny, Joan Garcia and doubtlessly Marcus Rashford might be no small assist. For that to occur, Barcelona want to finish the renewal earlier than the tip of the switch window.