The agent of Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal has urged the membership to renegotiate the phrases of his present contract after his dazzling type at Euro 2024, a report has revealed.
Yamal, who celebrated his seventeenth birthday whereas away with Spain, was named Euro 2024’s Younger Participant of the Event and had an actual shot at profitable the senior award as nicely after racking up 4 assists en path to profitable the trophy.
Based on SPORT, Yamal’s agent Jorge Mendes is losing little time in guaranteeing the teenage sensation is paid the wage his performances over the previous 12 months have merited.
Yamal nonetheless has two years left to run on the contract he signed final summer time, when Barca had been restricted in what they might provide to a participant below 18 years outdated.
Negotiations on the time additionally yielded a verbal settlement over a brand new four-year contract which might kick in as soon as Yamal turns 18 and convey a couple of important bounce in wage and the variety of bonuses out there to the younger winger.
Mendes is alleged to be difficult Barca to carry ahead the phrases of that second contract handy Yamal the type of revenue his standing as one of many group’s most vital gamers deserves.
Formal negotiations haven’t but been scheduled however Barca should not anticipated to have any difficulty with Mendes’ calls for, nicely conscious that Yamal has already exceeded the lofty expectations placed on him when he signed his first senior contract.
There is not going to be a brand new contract for Yamal, who remains to be slated to signal his subsequent four-year deal in 2026, however the phrases of that settlement will now be introduced forwards.
Mendes desires Barca to deal with Yamal in the identical manner they behaved in the direction of Lionel Messi, who signed 5 contracts earlier than the age of twenty-two as Barca saved rewarding him for his ever-increasing performances.