Today, Wednesday, Spanish press reports blew up a surprise about Barcelona’s management receiving a strong shock during its attempts to sign Spanish star Martin Zubimende, Real Sociedad midfielder, one of the most important goals of the Catalan club in the coming period.
According to the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, Zubemendi’s contract with Real Sociedad continues until 2025, but there is a desire by the Basque club to extend the contract until 2027.
Therefore, the agreement is very close, between the management of Real Sociedad and the young Spanish midfielder, and it remains only to determine the value of the penalty clause.
Zubimendi, for his part, was keen to ask for a penalty clause of 60 million euros, which is not lifted from that, while his club wants to raise it to 90 million euros.
And it is expected that the penalty clause in Zubemendi’s contract be suspended on the value of his salary in Sociedad, as the player wants to get the highest salary in the white and blue team, especially after the departure of the Swedish Alexander Isaacs for Newcastle United.
And the Swedish international Isaac left Sociedad, in the last hours of the last summer transfer market, after paying the penalty clause in his contract, which amounted to 70 million euros.
The Barcelona administration aims to sign a Real Sociedad midfielder next summer, 2023, after the departure of Sergio Busquets at the end of his contract.