BARÇA WILL BEGIN TO NEGOTIATE
Frenkie de Jong, next: Barça wants to renew his contract now
As is happening with Marc-André ter Stegen, FC Barcelona will try to extend Frenkie de Jong's contract with the intention that he defer, again, part of his salary in the coming years
Frenkie Of Jong could renew his agreement with the FC Barcelona in the next days. The intention of the blaugrana, with Deco headed by the operations, is to begin the negotiations with the player of 26 years to extend his stay in the City Condal until, probably, 2028. The Dutch has happened, in a year, to be in the ramp of exit to be one of the captains of the team and, especially, one of the key pieces in the 'reconstruction' of the picture blaugrana.
It will be the second agreement that the sportive direction will try to close before 31 August. In the last hours has trascended that the Barça is very near to extend the agreement of Marc-André ter Stegen until 2028. The contacts are very advanced and the second captain is had to help, again, to the club with his Fair Play financial. It will access to differ an important percentage in the first two years and will increase his income in the future.
Differ his wage, the option for Of Jong
The forecast is that with Frenkie of Jong follow the same formula, as it has informed the newspaper 'SPORT'. The club wants to reward the positive impact that has had in the team in the last years and, besides, ensure the continuity of a differential player and that has showed to be one of the angular pieces of the project. His importance in the diagram of Xavi Hernández is absolute and the intention is that it keep on being of the same way, at least, by the next five years.
Like this then , the Barça will put on the table the option to expand the bond with the 'request' that, as it did in 2020, access to differ a part of his wage in these first two years, ensuring that will earn more when it approach the end of his agreement. In case that it accept the proposal, would help to that the club generate Fair Play financial and can fulfil with the whole of his tasks before it finalise the market of signings, in addition to reducing the costs of considerable way.
A movement that can be key for the Barça
In the short term, it can be a movement that 'save' the economy of the Barça. And it is that it does not be necessary to overlook that Frenkie of Jong is, probably, the player with the most elevated wage after the renewal that assumed in 2020 that, from the past year, has caused that his income see infinitely improved. From the past season, the wage of the Dutch rose to the 18 million euros and will increase by the bonuses of fidelity and variables by performance.
For the past course, the wage 'base' of Of Jong was of 18 'kilos' more other 2,88 by bonus, to which it was necessary to add him other two millions for having contested 60% of the parties and another mount for having won two titles. For the 2023-2024, the present campaign, corresponds him a wage of €18m, more €9,7m of bonus of fidelity and, if they fulfil the above-mentioned variables, will see increased his income in, at least, €2m.
