It had been coming for weeks and this Wednesday morning it became official. The full-back Alejandro Balde (19 years old) has reached an agreement to renew his contract with Barça until June 30, 2028. His termination clause, as has happened in other recent cases, has been raised to 1,000 million euros .
The signing of the new contract will be held this Thursday at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in the presence of the president of Barcelona, ??Joan Laporta.
Before the tour of the United States this summer, everything was agreed with his representative, Jorge Mendes, waiting for Barça to get salary space and for a timely space to be found in the club’s and the player’s agenda.
Last season, Balde became a fixture in Xavi Hernández’s plans. He broke down the door, as they literally say in these cases, because at first both the club and the coach saw him more as a footballer to be loaned to another team to gain experience.
In fact, in addition to the veteran Jordi Alba, Barcelona added Marcos Alonso as a left back from Chelsea. But Balde’s emergence was spectacular and ousted both of them from ownership. To the point that Alba, finding himself relegated to substitute football, left Barça this summer when he still had a contract.
At the same time, Balde acquired international status, first with Luis Enrique, who called him up for the World Cup in Qatar, and later with Luis de la Fuente.
With phenomenal power on the left wing, Barcelona secures one of its present and future mainstays with a long-term contract.
In the coming days, the renovation of Lamine Yamal, the latest discovery of the Masia, is also scheduled to be made official.
