“The extension of Lamine Yamal is on track. He needs a fair contract for his age. It does not matter that it is best paid; He did not ask to be. If we renew his contract, it would be the best recruit in recent years. The important thing is that he is happy, and we are talking about four, five or six years of contracts ”. In his last media outing, Deco, sports director of FC Barcelona, ​​wanted to be reassuring about this extension of contract of Lamine Yamal, which begins to drag. Jorge Mendes even arrived in Barcelona to negotiate the new lease of his foal with the Barcelona stable, with wage claims visibly greater than expected.
But what is certain, and despite the public speeches that want to be confident and optimistic, is that Barça is still far from having concluded this file. Without going so far as to evoke a critical or perilous situation, there is indeed a risk that things go wrong. First, because the wage requests from the player's clan are very important. Some media explain that he simply wants to be the best paid player of the workforce. On paper, despite his youth, it may not be so eccentric as it as requirement. The problem is that the biggest wages in the workforce – 33 million euros annually gross for Lewandowski or 19 million gross for DE Jong – already lead the finances of a Barça in difficulty which, even if it wanted, could simply not offer emoluments so substantial to Spanish. Offer such emoluments to Lamine Yamal would also go against the new club's guideline, aimed at maintaining a reasonable payroll and no longer finding themselves in critical situations with the financial fair play.
Barça fears approaches to European cadors
It should be emphasized that in 2023, during the last extension of the player's contract, an oral pre-agreement had been found, but necessarily, the meteoric explosion of the player pushed his clan to ask for emoluments much superior to what had been granted at the time and which are no longer in line with the new status of Catalan. If Barça wants to complete all of this before most of the player, it is also because the Catalan staff is aware that big European clubs prowl around LY19 such as vultures. And they can, unlike Barça, offer colossal wages. Mundo Deportivo Indicates that FC Barcelona wants to conclude the extension of the player before next Monday, in order to prevent it from being on vacation without having signed again, and that it can be tempted or convinced by another big club during its weeks of rest. Or even whether people around him push him to look for a new challenge.
A situation that is not critical, but Barça has reasons to have fears. At the rank of good news and elements in favor of the Spanish champion, there is first of all the fact that the player is very attached to the club, and very fulfilled in the locker room as well as under the orders of Hansi Flick. To imagine leaving for the clash to leave Barça would be totally surprising and unexpected. In addition, its release clause is one billion euros, which protects FC Barcelona since it seems unlikely to see a club to put as much money on the table, which could have been the case with a lower clause, like that of Neymar at the time (222 million euros). The friendship between Joan Laporta and his agent Jorge Mendes could also play in favor of FC Barcelona. But for the moment, it only remains to wait to have the outcome of this soap which is starting to drag on a little too much for Barça …
