It has been a really difficult institutional year for Joan Laporta in it Barcelona. The good start to the competition Barcelona On a sporting level, it is hiding the serious financial problems that the Barça club has. In another situation of results, Laporta would be highly questioned by the sports management during the summer, which resulted in numerous casualties and only two signings – one and a half if we count Danny Elm and? Pau Victor He was on loan to the reserve team last year. And it is that he Barcelona of Laportafar from closing signings for this season, has also not managed to shield and tie down the players on the roster with some of its renewals.
He Barcelona could not sign beyond Danny Elma player who they were only able to register thanks to various injuries and who is only registered until January, where they will have to make money again if they do not receive new income, whether from sponsorships or sales of footballers. The registration of more signings, despite important departures such as those of Ilkay Gundoganwould have been impossible, as well as further renovations in this Barcelona of Laporta.
Thus, in this case, the Barcelona It has a good number of players who end their contract in 2025 or 2026, the next year or the one after that, although some of these also have the possibility of extending their contract with optional years such as the cases of Inigo Martinez and Robert Lewandowskiwhich although they end next summer, have another extra year that is activated if they play a certain number of games, 60% and 55%, respectively. The youth player Gerard Martin It also ends in 2025.
In 2026 there is a large group of players who Barcelona must tie, some currently very heavy. one of them is Laminate Yamalwith a contract until 2026, but who already has a closed agreement until 2030 as soon as he reaches the age of majority. Similar cases to young people Andrew Basin and Mark Bernal, with options to extend his contract until 2029.
But unlike these, the list is expanded with the rest of the players who finish in 2026. This list includes Gavi, Eric Garcia, Pedri, Pablo Tower, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie of Jong, Andreas ChristensenIñaki Grief, Astralaga and Hector Fort. Contacts have been initiated with some of them for their renewal, capital in the project.
So, 16 of the 28 players that Barcelona has registered in the League ends their contract next year (they would leave for free) or in 2026, that is, within two years. This means not having tied down 57% of the staffsince normally they work with more than two years ahead and Laporta still has work to close the continuity of the squad.
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Of all these, the Barcelona works quickly to negotiate and close the renewals of Pedri, Araujo and Of Jongin addition to a Fermin Lopez who also wants to be shielded. In the case of the two Spaniards, the two youngest, there are already contacts with both of them with good agreement with a view to extending their contracts beyond 2026 and 2027, as key men in the Blaugrana future, two renewals that will increase and that It will also have to fit into the club’s fair play.
The case of Araujo and Of Jong It is different, both end in 2026 and their renewals are somewhat entrenched, mainly because they entail adjustments to the contract, which they want to extend and defer to make things easier, something that none of them like. The Uruguayan already raised his voice before the Cup Americathat his agents would speak with the club, but there has been no progress in this regard and his injury is a headache… Of Jong It continues to be a problem, although the footballer seems proactive to continue and extend his contract.
