Barcelona have confirmed that midfielder Aitana Bonmati has signed a brand new contract to stay with the membership till 2028.
The Ballon d’Or winner’s earlier contract was on account of expire in the summertime of 2025 and the world’s richest golf equipment had already begun to circle, placing stress on Barcelona to safe the signature of arguably the highest participant on the planet.
A deal has now been struck, with Bonmati inking a brand new four-year contract with the Spanish giants.
Whereas the small print of Bonmati’s wage will stay hidden, quite a few stories state she has now turn out to be the highest-paid participant in girls’s soccer.
Barcelona confronted important stress from WSL giants Chelsea who, in line with Bonmati’s agent, have been ready to set off her €3m (£2.5m) launch clause.
“Chelsea was keen to pay the €3m launch clause,” Cristian Martin instructed Catalunya Radio. “That Barca can compete with gives of this calibre exhibits you that, as an alternative of decreasing the ladies’s price range, it is the opposite manner round.
Moreover, Barca needs to proceed to capitalise on the hegemony it has. It’s the membership that has monetised it greatest and strengthened their model.”
Bonmati follows two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas in committing her future to the membership this summer season.
