Barcelona are set to offer Fermin Lopez a new contract. After a breakthrough season.
Fermin is now on the way to the Spain squad for the Olympics after winning Euro 2024. Fermin
was handed a new deal in August last year as his current deal was due to expire. And Barcelona are keen to keep hold of him for the foreseeable future.
Since then, the La Masia product has improved his form. Played a key role in the first-team and was named in Spain’s squad for Euro 2019.
His new deal is expected to run until 2028 or 2029. ยูฟ่าเบท Depending on whether Barcelona can meet the FFP wage cap. Before they can register him on a new deal.
Lopez broke onto the scene in preseason last year, scoring against Real Madrid, and managed to hang onto to first-team squad role for the rest of the year. He was handed a new deal until 2027. in September of last year though, and after scoring 11 times in just 19 starts. Sport say they will try to give him a new deal until 2029.
That said, the new deal is not a priority, and they will wait for when they have space in their salary limit to do so. The Catalan paper detail that his extension last year was rather ‘austere’. And it was signed in a hurry to tie him down. With just a year left on his contract at the time. Now they will look to reward him with a new and better deal. And Fermin was the team’s second-highest scorer last season, behind only Robert Lewandowski.
Fermin Lopez responds after Manchester United submit £25m bid to sign Barcelona midfielder
Fermin Lopez insists he is ‘not interested’ in his links. With a move to Manchester United and wants to remain at Barcelona.
The 21-year-old was only handed his first-team debut for Barcelona last August and enjoy an impressive breakthrough season as he went on to score eight goals in La Liga.
The midfielder subsequently secured a place in Spain’s squad for Euro 2024 and came on as a second-half substitute in the 1-0 win over Albania on Monday, which was only his second appearance for the national side.
Fermin’s performances have not escaped the attention of Manchester United, who submitted a €30 million (£25m) bid to Barcelona earlier this month, according to reports in Spain.