OFFICIAL: Sergi Roberto lowers his salary and renews until 2023

After some full negotiations of altibajos, the FC Barcelona has concretised the renewal of Sergi Roberto until 30 June 2023. The one of Reus, that at present finds working to recover totally of his injury, has decided to continue bequeathed in the Camp Nou after 16 years defending the Barcelona T-shirt. Now, Xavi Hernández will be able to have his services of face to the next season.

The midfield player, accompanied of his agent, Josep María Orobitg, gathered this Friday with Joan Laporta, Jordi Cruyff and Mateu Alemany in the offices of the club to carry out the signature on the paper. In some statements desveladas by the newspaper 'SPORT', the Spanish affirmed that all "has gone very well" and that is "very happy" with the final result of the postures between both parts.

Months backwards his continuity gave practically by descartada, but Xavi 'put hand' in the situation and convinced to the sportive direction that his presence was important for him. His polivalencia to play so much in defence as in the midfield do him a valuable piece for the technician, that suffered a lot the irregularities so much in the right side as in the medullary during his first year under the direction of the bench.

It is important to stand out that this new agreement has an important reduction in his emolumentos, because of the new political salarial of the club and to the physical damages that has presented the '20' in this last campaign. During the 2022/23, will perceive five million gross euros more the different variables, which also suffered a considerable discount. Besides, it will not have the option of an extension in base to performance, by what will have to go back to negotiate at the end of the next summer.

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