Frenkie de Jong's renewal with Barça remains complex

The FC Barcelona has had like aim in the last months concretise the renewal of Frenkie of Jong, whose agreement wins on 30 June 2026. Still they have not begun the negotiations with the midfield player, but is one of the tasks that are in the diary of Deco. For the culés, is a priority ensure on a long-term basis the continuity of one of the most important footballers of the approach of Xavi Hernández and the one who has turned into the compass of the team.

When Deco assumed, of official way, the sportive direction of the Barcelona group, began the rumours on possible negotiations with the Dutch. However, in this moment the executive confessed that only it had contacted to the representative of Frenkie to present , put did not know of before. Like this then , the operation has not tackled , to date, but aims to be one of the big priorities of the Barça in 2024.

Long way by in front for the Barça

The culés are forced to go step by step with the tulip. Still there is 'injured' opened by the attempt to sell him to the Manchester United in 2022 and is not a secret for anybody that his relation with the directive of Joan Laporta is not the nearest. Deco Always has had like priority achieve an approach to promote the understanding and, later, board conversations for the extension of his agreement and blindaje, because he would go in in the group of players with clauses of exit of billion of euros.

Like this then , as they explain in 'MARK', the panorama is not so favorecedor for the picture blaugrana as it was it, for example, with Marc-André ter Stegen that renewed during the summer until 2028. Of Jong does not have hastes to renew and understands that it still is very soon to touch the subject, because is two years old more than agreement. The culés have in favour that, at all times, has manifested that it wants to remain in the City Condal and that the Barça is the club of his dreams, with which expects to triumph. By this side, there are not worries.

They will repeat the formula of Ter Stegen?

From the dispatches of the Ciutat Esportiva are conscious that the level of Of Jong 'force' to do an economic effort to retain him in the team on a long-term basis, but remains to determine if they will be in capacity to do it, something that seems unlikely. Already it does some months informed that the intention of the Barça was to repeat the formula with which had renewed to Ter Stegen, with a diferimiento of his wage by the next two years for 'help' to the Fair Play financial.