Jordi Alba reaches an agreement with Barça to lower his salary

Published:23/08/2021 - 13:21h

Updated:23/08/2021 - 16:13h

Barça and Jordi Alba have finally reached an agreement for the player to see his annual salary reduced to 'help' the club in the midst of the financial crisis

It closes one of the urgent folders that had the FC Barcelona in the last week of the market of signings. The club has concretised the discount salarial of Jordi Alba, like gesture of the player to help to the club in a moment economic so complicated. It has turned into the second captain that accesses in the negotiations, after Gerard Hammered, and opens the doors so that Sergi Roberto and Sergio Busquets also follow his steps.

The left side had been one of the distinguished by the fans by not to go down the wage and, in fact, tuvo that go out to defend by the whistles and critical that received in the Camp Nou. However, at all times it has showed predisposition to help to the Barça and the negotiations have progressed properly since they initiated, recently more than a month.

"They have gone out mine news from does time. Anybody has said me at all from does a month. My predisposition always has been the one to help. Anybody can doubt of my, carry eight years here", recognised the now fourth captain of the Barcelona entity, visibly affected by all the criticisms that has received by part of the fans.

Alba would have renounced to 25% of his annual wage, a very significant percentage, in addition to differing another mount of the agreement, that will pay before it finalise in 2024. This will help to the Barça with the subject of the mass salarial and inscribe in LaLiga to Sergio Agüero, the last of the signings that was missing by a 'hollow' in the changing room culé.

Busquets and Sergi Roberto, the following

Right now the FC Barcelona is in the negotiations with the others two captains, Busquets and Sergi, so that they also see reduced his wages. In the case of 'Busi', will be the same steps that Alba and Hammered. He also will have a direct effect in the arks of the club (is one of the players that more earns of the staff) and could announce in brief.

In the case of the of Reus, the situation if it is different because it will renew to the drop. His bond with the Barça wins in the summer of 2022 and the club will extend the agreement by two years more, with a reduction of his wage. Nevertheless, Sergi is the one who less earns of the 'heavy weights' of the changing room.