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 as a result 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 this planet.
A deal has now been struck, with Bonmati inking a brand new four-year contract with the Spanish giants.
Whereas the main points of Bonmati’s wage will stay hidden, quite a few stories state she has now turn into the highest-paid participant in ladies’s soccer.
Barcelona confronted vital stress from WSL giants Chelsea who, in accordance with Bonmati’s agent, had been ready to set off her €3m (£2.5m) launch clause.
“Chelsea was keen to pay the €3m launch clause,” Cristian Martin informed Catalunya Radio. “That Barca can compete with provides of this calibre exhibits you that, as an alternative of decreasing the ladies’s finances, it is the opposite manner round.
Moreover, Barca desires 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.