BARCELONA – Ilaix Moriba is negotiating the renewal of his contract with Barcelona and has asked the Catalan club that its new termination clause does not exceed 150 million euros to have control of its future, different sources have told ESPN .
Ilaix ended his relationship with Barça in 2022 and in November ESPN already said that his renewal would be an absolute priority for the future president because at the club they saw him as the next great talent who could settle in the first team after of the successful irruption of Ansu Fati.
The young Ilaix has confirmed these expectations since then, becoming a regular for Ronald Koeman in recent days and scoring his first goal with the first team, during the recent victory in the League against Osasuna.
Laporta knows the talent of the 18-year-old midfielder and at the Camp Nou it is urgent to close his renovation to ensure his continuity beyond 2022.
Sources close to the negotiation admit to ESPN that the idea would be to renew for three more seasons and increase its clause which is currently set at 100 million euros.
The tune between the two parties is good but there are still differences around the price of his clause, as the agent wants it not to exceed 150 million while the club would prefer it to be higher 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 his star appearance. lar de Ansu to the first team but Ilaix’s agent now wants to take advantage of the irruption of his representative in the elite to also improve the conditions of his contract.
Ilaix arrived in Barcelona from Espanyol at the age of seven and his desire, according to ESPN, is to stay in Barcelona. He understands that he has entered the first team locker room very well and Lionel Messi himself is one of his main defenders.
The renovation of Ilaix is not the only open folder in terms of renovations for Laporta. In the already known Lionel Messi, Barcelona must also extend the contracts of Ansu Fati, Pedri and Konrad de la Font until 2024, in addition to monitoring Ousmane Dembele or Sergi Roberto, which end in 2022. In the same way, also values extending Óscar Mingueza’s contract unilaterally for two years.