BARCELONA – Ilaix Moriba is negotiating the extension of his contract with Barcelona and has asked the Catalan club that his new termination clause does not exceed 150 million euros in order to have control over his future, various sources explained to ESPN.
Ilaix will end his relationship with Barça in 2022 and in November ESPN announced that his renewal would be an absolute priority for the future president as the club saw him as the next big talent to enter the first team after the successful rise of Ansu Fati. .
The young Ilaix has since confirmed those expectations, becoming a regular for Ronald Koeman in the last days of play, scoring his first goal for the first team, in the recent La Liga win over Osasuna.
Laporta knows the talent of the 18-year-old midfielder and at Camp Nou there is an urgent need to close its renovation to ensure its continuity beyond 2022.
Sources close to the negotiations admit to ESPN that the idea would be to extend it for another three seasons and increase its clause, which is currently set at 100 million euros.
The harmony between the two parties is good, but there are still differences regarding the price of the clause as the broker does not want it to exceed 150 million while the club would rather be higher to fear in the future. appearance.
The youth squad is one of the best bets at the Barça club and he even became the highest paid footballer on the youth squad when he signed his last extension in 2019. That privilege disappeared after Ansu’s great performance in the first team, but the agent de Ilaix now wants to take advantage of his representative’s dropout to improve the terms of his contract as well.
Ilaix came to Barcelona from Espanyol at the age of seven and according to ESPN his wish is to stay in Barcelona. He understands he has entered the first-team locker room well and Lionel Messi himself is one of his main supporters.
The Ilaix renovation is not the only outstanding renovation folder for Laporta. In addition to the already well-known Lionel Messi, Barcelona must also extend the contracts of Ansu Fati, Pedri and Konrad de la Fuente until 2024, in addition to monitoring Ousmane Dembele or Sergi Roberto, which will end in 2022. Similarly, values that are unilateral for two years renew Óscar Mingueza’s contract.