Press reports revealed that Barcelona club officials’ negotiations with one of the jewels of the Catalan team are on the right track during the current summer transfer period.
According to the Catalan newspaper, “Sport”, the agreement was made between Barcelona and Jaffe to renew his contract with the team for the next four seasons to continue with the young player with Barca until June 30, 2026.
The name of 17-year-old Jaffe has been associated with many top European clubs, most notably Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and even Real Madrid, after Florentino Perez’s recent statements, in which he did not deny the idea of contracting with the young Barca star, so the administration wanted to extend his contract some time ago. long..
The newspaper pointed out that Jaffe, 17, will sign a renewal of his contract with the Catalan team as soon as he returns to training after the end of the summer vacation on July 11.
And Jaffe, the talent of Barcelona, had earlier rejected the first offer made by the Catalan team’s management to renew his contract with Barca, which expired in June 2023.
The newspaper said that the meeting of Barcelona’s management with Ivan de la Peña, Jaffe’s agent, was positive today, bringing the club close to extending the player’s contract.
And the newspaper reported, that Barcelona has improved the player’s annual salary in its new offer, as Jaffe is scheduled to renew his contract for five years until the summer of 2027, with a large penalty clause of one billion euros.
The newspaper said that the Barcelona administration is actively seeking to resolve the file of renewing the contract of Gavi, the Blaugrana talent, to protect him from the temptations of European clubs.