FC Barcelona officially extended Alejandro Balde this Wednesday, until June 2028. The player’s departure clause was set at one billion euros.
Failing to be able to line up millions during the last summer transfer window to try to attract the best players on the planet, FC Barcelona is focusing on what it has. And since it has some gems in its midst, the Blaugrana club does what is necessary to ensure that they stay with it for as long as possible. This is what he just did regarding Alejandro Balde. The young nineteen-year-old defender was officially extended this Wednesday until 2028. And for those who would like to poach him by then, they will have to pay dearly. Very, very, very expensive.
And even so expensive, that there is little chance of seeing Alejandro Balde leave before his time. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Spaniard’s release clause would amount to one billion euros. No more no less. For Barça, it is obviously a way of locking down its player in order to avoid offensives from other clubs. The previous Neymar, stolen in 2017 by Paris Saint-Germain capable of raising the 222 million euros necessary to buy out his release clause, left traces in Catalonia.
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Speech and royal ceremony
As for Alejandro Balde, he will be entitled to the honors of the Barcelona house with a contract renewal signing ceremony organized Thursday at 1:15 p.m. on the Tito Vilanova field, of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. President Joan Laporta will be present for the occasion. Arriving at FC Barcelona in 2011, when he was only eight years old, Alejandro Balde became one of the executives of Xavi’s team despite his young age.
