BARCELONA – Ilaix Moriba is negotiating the renewal of his contract with Barcelona and asked the Catalan club that his new termination clause should not exceed 150 million euros in order to have control of his future, various sources explained to ESPN.
Ilaix ends his relationship with Barça in 2022 and in November ESPN already announced that his renewal will be a top priority for the future president, as the club saw him as the next great talent to establish himself in the first team after his successful appearance. Ansu Fati. .
The young Ilaix confirmed those expectations since then, becoming a regular for Ronald Koeman in the last days of the match and scoring his first goal for the first team, during the recent La Liga win over Osasuna.
Laporta knows the talent of the 18-year-old midfielder and at Camp Nou it is urgent to close its renovation in order to ensure its continuity beyond 2022.
Sources close to the negotiation acknowledge for ESPN that the idea would be to renew it for another three seasons and increase its clause, which is currently set at 100 million euros.
The harmony between the two sides is good, but there are still differences in the price of his clause, as the agent wants it not to exceed 150 million, while the club would prefer to be larger to avoid any scare in the future.
The youth team is one of the big bets of the Barça club and, in fact, he became the highest paid footballer in the youth team when he signed his last renewal in 2019. This privilege disappeared after the stellar appearance of Ansu in the first team, but the agent of Ilaix now wants to take advantage of the eruption of his representative in the elite to improve the conditions of his contract.
Ilaix came to Barcelona from Espanyol at the age of seven and his desire, according to ESPN, is to stay in Barcelona. He understands that he entered the first team locker room very well and Lionel Messi himself is one of his main supporters.
The Ilaix renovation is not the only case open regarding renovations for Laporta. In addition to the already known Lionel Messi, Barcelona must extend the contracts of Ansu Fati, Pedri and Konrad de la Fuente until 2024, in addition to monitoring Ousmane Dembele or Sergi Roberto, which ends in 2022. In the same way, the values expand unilaterally with Óscar Mingueza’s two-year contract.