Barça sets June 30 as the deadline to renew Frenkie de Jong

Published:27/05/2025 - 14:16h

Updated:27/05/2025 - 14:47h

Deco wants to close Frenkie de Jong's renewal before June 30. The Dutchman is key to Hansi Flick's project and the club's salary balance.

In the always unpredictable contractual chess of FC Barcelona, there is a piece that resists being moved. His name is Frenkie de Jong, and his renewal has become one of the priorities —and also one of the unknowns— of the 'Azulgrana' summer.

The sports management, with Deco at the helm, has set a deadline: June 30. Not only for sporting reasons, but for a structural issue: the wage bill needs adjustments, and having the midfielder's future settled is key to complying with financial fair play.

Renew to balance: why De Jong is key for Barça

Frenkie's case is not only sentimental or technical. His continuity directly affects the financial health of the club. The current contract, signed in more prosperous (or more illusory) times, contemplates high amounts that must now be redistributed.

The solution: a renewal with deferred salary, which allows Barça to cushion its impact on the salary cap. In addition, De Jong has become one of the central pieces of the new project of Hansi Flick, who considers him essential in the center of the field.

In fact, the German coach explicitly asked for the Dutchman to continue, and he was the one who consolidated him as a starter after a start to the season full of doubts.

Frenkie wants to stay, but there is still no total agreement

According to sources from the club and the player's environment, Frenkie de Jong wants to continue at FC Barcelona. He has said it publicly and confirmed it in private. His good relationship with Flick and his identification with the club play in his favor.

However, negotiations are progressing cautiously: contractual formulas that satisfy both parties still need to be refined.

President Joan Laporta has shown optimism in his latest statements, but the club does not want this renewal to become a summer soap opera. Therefore, the pressure to close the agreement before June 30 is not only rhetoric: it is part of a strategy to plan the 2024-25 season with certainty.

Deco: "We don't want players with only one year left on their contract"

In a recent interview, Deco was clear: “We don't want to reach next season with key players in their last year of contract”. A phrase that, without naming him, points directly to De Jong.