Barcelona director meets defender’s agent to precise satisfaction together with his performances

Barcelona’s sporting director Deco is on a renewal spree and is at present working arduous to finish the contract renewals of Pedri, Gavi, Ronald Araujo and Lamine Yamal amongst others.

Children apart, one other outstanding title he’s reportedly negotiating with is the workforce’s star defender Inigo Martinez who has led the division from the entrance below Hansi Flick.

As revealed by SPORT, Deco met with the veteran’s agent final Saturday to transit satisfaction with the participant’s efficiency and put ahead talks of a renewal.

A clause in place

The report highlights a particular clause on Martinez’s contract with Barcelona that runs out subsequent June.

Whereas the participant is certainly within the ultimate months of his present contract, the clause on his deal states that he’ll obtain an automated one-year extension if he performs at the least 60% of Barcelona’s video games with at the least 45 minutes per fixture.

Thriving. (Photograph by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Photographs)

To date, he has performed 16 video games for Barcelona this season, beginning on all events and has seen over 45 minutes in each case.

Within the situation that Barça play the utmost quantity of video games this season (61), he must play 37 video games for the workforce for the automated clause to be triggered.

As issues stand, the chance seems excessive given his stage and the way he has cemented himself as an everyday within the beginning lineup.

Deco’s assembly together with his agent solely serves as a testomony that the membership are blissful together with his stage and consistency and that he’ll retain his place if he can keep match and on the high of his sport.

In any case, even Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen’s returns, at this level, is not going to threaten his place in Flick’s plans and the duo must struggle their means again into the dynamics.