Barcelona’s teenage sensation Lamine Yamal has signed a contract extension that can hold him with the Spanish champions till 2031, the membership introduced on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old winger, whose earlier deal was on account of expire in 2026, loved a stellar season as Barca received LaLiga and the Copa del Rey.
He registered 18 objectives and 21 assists in all competitions, with solely Raphinha (21) bettering that latter determine within the Barca squad.
Yamal additionally produced two mesmerising shows within the Champions League semi-finals, although Hansi Flick’s facet misplaced 7-6 on combination to Inter.
Remarkably, Yamal led the charts in LaLiga for assists (13), photographs from exterior the realm (67), massive probabilities created (28), photographs following a carry (56), probabilities created following a carry (35), throughballs (33) and dribbles accomplished (161) in 2024-25.
Stories recommend the Spain worldwide will grow to be Barcelona squad’s highest-paid participant if he meets sure performance-related clauses current within the deal.
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Having displayed such entertaining soccer this season, Yamal is taken into account a number one contender for this 12 months’s Ballon d’Or.
Barca president Joan Laporta had beforehand expressed confidence that Yamal would put pen to paper, additionally revealing renewal talks have been underway with each Raphinha and Frenkie de Jong, who’s coming into the ultimate 12 months of his deal.
“Raphinha’s new deal will occur. [Sporting director] Deco has a robust reference to Rapha. The participant feels very concerned with the venture,” Laporta stated. “We are going to attain an settlement as a result of we would like him to remain, and he needs to remain.
“Frenkie de Jong new deal? His state of affairs is pressing. We don’t need a participant who solely has a one-year contract.
“He is aware of that, and we’ve talked about it. He’s very motivated. We actually just like the Dutch college of play. With him, we dominate the sport.”