FC Barcelona is preparing a 'mega-contract' to 'protect' Lamine Yamal!

Published:16/09/2024 - 19:28h

Updated:17/09/2024 - 02:06h

Barça is already working on improving Lamine Yamal's contract. The club wants to 'protect' him for the future, so they will offer him a salary in line with his new status in the team and when he turns 18 in July 2025, they will tie him down until 2030

There is no debate about it: Lamine Yamal is the great star of FC Barcelona. The constant and exponential progression of the 'crack' of La Masia has given him this status, and in the City of Counts they are aware of it, so they have activated the machinery to 'shield' him for the future. Despite being 17 years old, his contract, which he renewed less than a year ago, is already out of date, which is why the culés are working on a substantial improvement of it.

From the offices of Spotify Camp Nou they already have a clear roadmap to follow with the winger. According to 'MARCA', the club will increase his economic conditions throughout the current season...

since he is now earning around one and a half million euros a year.

Although for the objectives achieved last season he has received a bonus from the entity, his salary does not do justice to his quality and impact on the team on the field and off it, where his image is beginning to gain weight also at a media level.

Barça's plan with Lamine Yamal

For this reason, both Barça and his agent, Jorge Mendes, have already begun negotiations to finalise this salary increase. In these conversations, the foundations for the extension of his contract will also begin to be laid, since Joan Laporta wants to 'tie him down' for as many years as possible. In this sense, the idea of both parties is that Lamine signs a professional agreement when he turns 18...

which will link him to the club, in principle, until 2030

...with economic conditions in accordance with the player's worth and performance. In other words, a huge star salary.

'Anti-PSG' shield

In this way, Barça covers its back against Paris Saint-Germain's insistence on the player from Mataró. The Parisians tried to get the player's services last summer, offering up to 200 million euros for his transfer, but were refused by the Catalans who do not want to listen to proposals for their star player.

The Barça sporting management wants to build a great team for the future with this crop of 'cracks' from La Masia, with Lamine being the great reference point for it. Therefore, once the striker's contract improvement has been finalised, it is expected that they will follow the same roadmap with players such as Pau Cubarsí, Fermín López or Gavi himself.