It's official. FC Barcelona has issued a statement announcing the renewal of Jules Koundé as a player for the Barça squad until June 30, 2030.

The informative note also asserts that soon the entity and the Parisian defender will "stage the agreement in an act that will have the presence of president Joan Laporta".

With this, the culé team ensures the permanence of one of the most important pieces of its sports project, a player who has established himself as an undisputed right-back and who comes from completing a memorable 2024/25 season, both collectively —adding three titles— and individually.

📌 2024/25 SEASON OF JULES KOUNDÉ WITH FC BARCELONA:

  1. Matches: 53
  2. Goals: 4
  3. Assists: 8
  4. Minutes played: 4,423'

Koundé's renewal: how his continuity at Barcelona was sealed

The renewal of Jules Koundé was one of the priority issues that the Barça sports management wanted to resolve in the short term. The former Sevilla FC player had a contract until 2027 and, although there was still room to negotiate its extension, at Can Barça they wanted to close this issue as soon as possible. Even before the official announcement, it was already commented that the sports director Deco had held numerous meetings with Jonathan Kebe, representative of the defender.

  • 📌 THE DATA: The increase in years in his contract allows the amortization of the former Bordeaux player to be spread over more seasons, which provides greater margin to Barça in terms of financial fair play.

An agreement that was already coming. In fact, Jules himself, during Barcelona's tour of Asian territory, advanced that only the official confirmation was missing. When asked about the rumors of his extension, he asserted:

"Yes, it's a matter of days. When we return, everything will be finalized. So I'm happy about that. It has been quite fast, both the club and I had the same idea: to continue"

Total commitment of the Parisian defender with the Barça team

In turn, from the first moment, both parties showed their intention to bring this link to fruition. On the one hand, Koundé, despite being on the radar of teams like Manchester City, made clear his position on these proposals from the Premier League: ignored them and showed absolute commitment to the culé team.

  • 🎥 THE BEST GOAL OF KOUNDÉ IN THE 2024/25 SEASON:

Signed in 2022, Jules has accumulated very good records since his arrival at Barcelona, establishing himself as a key piece in the defensive structure and offering stellar performance. Something evidenced in his statistics with the blaugrana team:

  1. Matches: 141
  2. Goals: 7
  3. Assists: 18
  4. Minutes played: 11,978'

A clear example of the consistency in his game is that Jules Koundé played a significant number of matches uninterruptedly between the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons. In total, he added 86 consecutive appearances, more than any other player of the Barça squad, from November 25, 2023 to April 19, 2025.