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No one can stop Lamin Yamal’s meteoric rise to footballing stardom, but Barcelona plan to limit the teenager’s financial reward in order to avoid past mistakes, according to a report in Spain.
The 17-year-old winger may still wear braces and only recently moved out of the club’s academy accommodation, but is already considered one. The best in the world in its position. At the halfway stage of the current campaign, Yamal has already surpassed his personal tally for goals and assists for the entirety of last season.
Such staggering figures, which don’t capture the jaw-dropping flicks and blood-twisting shimmies that litter every performance, are surprisingly encouraging to talk about. Contract renewal for Yamal.
The Spain international has already confirmed his intention to pen a new deal, as his current contract is due to expire in June 2026. however, Barcelona Per A.S.
“You can’t give a 17-year-old boy €15m net because at 23 he can ask for double that,” a Barcelona source told the Spanish publication.
Yamal is reportedly one of Barcelona’s lowest earners, collecting €1.7m per year after signing his current deal in October 2023 after making just ten first-team appearances. Barcelona’s highest paid player, Robert LewandowskiEarning around €33m per year (more than €540,000 a week) while Frankie de Jong, Ansu Fati and Jules Kaunde also take home between €15m and €20m.
While Barcelona are well aware that Yamal deserves to be the team’s top earner “sooner or later”, they have been burned by showering the left-footed prodigy with endless contract renewals.
Lionel Messi And his agent-father Jorge notoriously negotiated a new deal almost annually during his Barcelona career. Ultimately, the club could not afford to renew his last contract in the summer of 2021, leading to Messi’s tearful Camp Nou departure.
This season, Barcelona have had to appeal to the Spanish government to find room in the budget for Dani Olmo’s salary.
The Catalan giants already are Refused Yamal has no intention of losing their prodigy forward in the same embarrassing sequence of nine-figure offers and circumstances Messi endured.
