With the yr 2024 quickly coming to an in depth, Barcelona have began their preparations for the upcoming January switch window.
Nevertheless, the membership are unlikely to make any strikes within the switch market, as identified by Alfredo Martinez.
As an alternative, Barça are prone to spend time attempting to resume the contracts of star gamers, with the membership already making some strong floor, of their bid to resume the offers for Pedri and Gavi.
Barcelona’s subsequent goal is to attempt to tie Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong right down to long-term contracts, as each their offers expire in 2026.
Laporta eager on extending de Jong
De Jong, particularly, has been a curious case at Barcelona. The Dutchman has not carried out effectively in any respect since getting back from harm, even changing into a scapegoat within the midst of the membership’s poor kind.
However Hansi Flick stays an enormous fan of the previous Ajax starlet because of the high quality he provides to the desk.
What’s subsequent for de Jong’s future at Barcelona? (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
As per Martinez, it seems Joan Laporta, too, may very well be helpful for de Jong regardless of the participant’s current kind.
Laporta’s thought is to resume the contract of de Jong past 2026 in order that he can proceed serving the membership for the foreseeable future.
With a number of hundred for the membership, de Jong does convey the expertise to an in any other case younger Barcelona midfield. His management and expertise, subsequently, may very well be very important within the years to return.
Nevertheless, a much bigger motive for Barcelona may very well be that de Jong is just too helpful and the membership wouldn’t like to permit different golf equipment to attempt to signal the participant for a free switch.
That is particularly related contemplating the Dutchman’s deal on the membership expires in 2026. A contract renewal, subsequently, may supply Barça some much-needed leverage.
Luckily for Barça, it seems de Jong himself is now eager on extending his contract on the membership, regardless of his seemingly fractured relationship with the membership bosses.
*Participant valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.