Ansu Fati signs new
contract with Barcelona until June 2027, club statement announces. Deal
completed tonight as expected. €1B release clause
The 18-year-old was rested
for the first half against Dynamo Kiev with Ronald Koeman holding back his most
important player for Sunday’s Clasico.
The second biggest cheer of
the first half – after the one that greeted Gerard Pique’s goal – was for the
sight of the teenager warming-up.
He came on at half time in
Barcelona’s narrow win replacing Luuk de Jong and after the lackluster win the
club could at least allay supporters’ fears that Fati could be poached by a big
European rival by announcing his new deal.
The record-breaking young
striker had a contract until the end of this season with some controversy over
whether it included an automatic renewal until 2024 or not.
The uncertainty over the
existing contract no longer matters with the player’s agent Jorge Mendes having
agreed the new bumper deal with Barcelona president Joan Laporta.
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