Gundogan reserves a release clause in his contract with Barça

Published:21/06/2023 - 23:58h

Updated:21/06/2023 - 23:58h

Ílkay Gündogan will be a FC Barcelona player from this Thursday. The German midfielder has accepted the club's proposal, but a release clause has been reserved. If Barça does not register him before the start of LaLiga, he will leave in August

The FC Barcelona reached this Wednesday an agreement with Ílkay Gündogan so that the German was footballer of the club by the next two years, with option to prolong his stay until 2026. The mediocentro will perceive a net wage of 10 million euros to the year and the operation will be official this Thursday, but the agreement stipulates a clause liberatoria to request of the player.

As it advances the newspaper 'SPORT', the clause stipulates that, if the Barça has not attained to inscribe him before the beginning of LaLiga (the first day starts the Friday 11 August), the one of Gelsenkirchen will terminate his agreement for fichar by another club. With this, Gündogan ensures his future foreseeing financial complications that complicate his stay in the City Condal.

Gündogan Does not want to go through the same of Koundé

The past summer, the Barça had to expect to the day 3 of LaLiga to be able to inscribe to Jules Koundé. Others that had to expect to the end of the market to sign were Marcos Alonso and Héctor Bellerín. Both had the 'ok' of the patronal once did official the exit of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the big sacrificed of the last market veraniego by questions of the Fair Play financial.

In this sense, Gündogan has left clear to the directive that will not expect too much so that the club oficialice his signing. The directive trusts to free sufficient mass salarial of here to 1 July to resolve his registration, but if the 'operation gone out' complicates more than the expected the terms can lengthen more than the planned. The well for the Barça is that the arrival of the German is gestando with sufficient time to accommodate his figures.

The Barça does not have to lose time to resolve his other folders

In this sense, once closed the signing of Ílkay, Deco and Mateu Alemany have clear the next step in the market: resolve the exit of the 'descartes'. The cases of Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti are a headache that has to resolve before finalising themonth . More demorado will be the subject of Sergiño Dest, whereas with Nico González and Ez Abde neither there is at all clear-cut.