In the coming weeks, Barcelona will focus on some contract situations within the selection of coach Ronald Koeman. On the front page of Mundo Deportivo Saturday three players, Ansu Fati, Ousmane Dembélé and Pedri, with above in large letters: Renovacion, or renovation, referring to new contracts for the trio of los Azulgrana. Especially with Dembélé, the necessary haste is required.
Dembele’s contract will expire at the end of the season and Barcelona will not have a unilateral option to automatically renew. The currently injured attacker is a potential base force for Koeman and is also open to a longer stay at the Camp Nou. The financially troubled Barcelona will in any case bet on a lower base salary and tries to meet this through variable bonuses. The Catalan sports newspaper writes that both parties will soon meet.
The club management has already spoken with Fati, the new number 10 in Barcelona. The club wants to give the 18-year-old attacker a long-term contract because he is seen as the figurehead in the short, medium and long term. The board is hopeful for an agreement with Fati and agent Jorge Mendes. The current agreement also expires next year, but Barcelona is going to a unilateral option for two seasons of extra lights. The Catalans want to eventually bind Fati until mid-2026.
In la ofensiva para renovarPedri also discusses ‘the offensive to extend’, although some other media in Spain assured that club and player have already found each other on a contract until the summer of 2026. The eighteen-year-old midfielder is reportedly due next week to sign. His current contract situation is exactly the same as Fati: an expiring contract, with a unilateral option for two years.
Barcelona have had a hectic end to the transfer market. Emerson Royal, Ilaix Moriba and Rey Manaj left on the final day of the summer transfer market. That also applied to Antoine Griezmann, although Luuk de Jong took his place. Late on Thursday evening, the rental of Miralem Pjanic to Besiktas was also completed.