Proposals of €200 million and more were submitted this summer for Barcelona’s prodigy Lamine Yamal. “But despite tight finances, there was no interest in selling.
The 17-year-old has now made 67 appearances for the La Liga giants and represented Spain at their spectacular Euro 2024 trophy this summer.
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And to reward him for his impressive performances, Yamal will reportedly be given a brand new contract that is set to break a world record currently held by his Barcelona teammate.
According to Spanish outlet El Chiringuito TV, Barcelona have already planned to give the winger a new contract when he turns 18, despite his current deal, which he signed when he was 16, and will keep him at the club until the summer of 2026.
The deal will reportedly be signed on July 13, Yamal’s 18th birthday, and keep him at the Nou Camp for another six years.
However, it is not clear if this will be six years from the end of his current contract, which runs until 2032, or from next summer, in which case it will end in 2031. Spectacularly, the release clause of the contract will be an amazing one billion euros breaking a world record set by my teammate Pedri in 2021.
But when Pedri signed the spectacular deal with Barcelona, he was just a month away from his 19th birthday, meaning that should Yamal sign his new deal in July, he will become the youngest player to sign such an expensive contract by about 11 months.
But the young Spaniards are not the only ones at Barcelona with fantastic contracts, as Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Ferran Torres and Gavi also have €1 billion release clauses, according to talkSPORT.
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And Barcelona are not the only La Liga to bind its best players with impossible release clauses, as long-term rivals Real Madrid also have several players on similar contracts.
English superstar Jude Bellingham is one of four players at the Bernabeu with €1 billion release clauses, along with Vinicius Jr, Eduardo Camavinga and Rodrygo.
The one who earns the best in Barcelona now is Dutch Frenkie de Jong, the salary is the main reason why he has been tried to be sold every time a window opens. – Marca writes that the new salary of Lamine Yamal will be higher than Frenkie de Jong’s.
