New LaLiga rule paves the way for Barça to renew Lamine Yamal: find out how

The outlook is starting to look more encouraging for FC Barcelona regarding Lamine Yamal's renewal. Recently, LaLiga has announced a new regulation that greatly benefits the contractual extension of the young Spanish-Moroccan winger, in a context where there was uncertainty due to the situation of the culé team, especially in relation to their entry into the 1/1 rule and financial 'fair play'.

This Tuesday, LaLiga, in an informative session with the media in Madrid, announced the introduction of a key clause that allows clubs to renew players under 24 years of age, even if they do not have a salary cap to do so. In turn, the employers expressed another essential condition for a player to be eligible for this exception:

• 📌 The player must have been fully contracted for at least the previous three seasons consecutively in the same club.

Why could Barcelona benefit from this clause to renew Lamine Yamal?

In this context, Lamine Yamal's profile fits perfectly. The right winger, who is expected to formalize his renewal as soon as he reaches the age of majority, will be able to receive a long-term contract according to his performance. At the end of the 2024-25 season, the '19' will have completed his second year in the first team, which, added to his time in La Masia, guarantees that Barcelona can register the new contract without any problems under this modality if required.

It is worth remembering that the renewal is expected to be sealed and made official by the start of the 2025-26 season, extending Lamine Yamal's stay, presumably, until 2030.

However, this rule has a small disadvantage: the excess salary generated by this renewal must be compensated during the same year. If this compensation is not met, the amount will be deducted from the salary cap for the following season.

Provisional registrations: A new flexibility for clubs

Another of the novelties announced by LaLiga is the option of provisionally registering three players per season. These registrations can occur in the following way:

• 📌 One per transfer
• 📌 Two for free agents

These elements can be registered with temporary visas, which allows them to exceed the salary cap. The validity of these registrations will be one year, during which the club must find the formula to generate the necessary space and make them definitive.

Flexibility of the "one for four" and "one for three" system

Another key to LaLiga's new economic framework is the flexibility of the "one for four" and "one for three" system, which previously severely limited the ability of clubs that exceeded their salary cap to sign players. Under the previous regulations, teams could only reinvest one euro for every four (or three, as the case may be) they managed to free up through departures or savings in mass salary and amortizations. With the new system, that margin is considerably expanded:

• 📌 Now clubs will be able to spend up to 60% of what they manage to free up if it is a player with a standard salary for the team.
• 📌 70% if the reinforcement is considered a "franchise player", that is, one of the highest paid players in the squad.

An economic 'break' for FC Barcelona

Definitely, these movements allow FC Barcelona to 'breathe' economically. Although the club is still waiting to regularize its situation in relation to with the income from the VIP boxes at the Camp Nou and its influence on entering the 1/1 rule and financial 'fair play' in LaLiga, it is clear that having a wild card like this is still positive. This gives the Catalan team a wider margin of maneuver in its economic management.