Barcelona hopes to give Frenkie a new contract like Stegen.

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Barcelona hopes to strike a new deal with Frenkie de Jong in the same style. as Marc-Andre ter Stegen to help improve the club’s financial balance.

Mundo Deportivo Reports surfaced on Friday that. Barcelona are trying to find a way to negotiate. With Frenkie de Jong to persuade the Dutch midfielder to sign a new deal with the club in the same style as Marc-Andre Tae Stegen. After the German goalkeeper extended his contract with Azulgrana until 2028. UFABET

Barcelona’s new deal with Ter Stegen has helped the club spread out the German goalkeeper’s salary over a long period of time. After the 30-year-old goalkeeper agreed to postpone receiving his salary for the next two years to receive it in 2025. And also agreed to reduce his salary by another 30 percent in the last three years of his contract. Resulting in the Azulgrana team Able to lower the salary cap to sign Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo on the last day of the summer market and successfully register players. 

According to the report.

Barcelona have seen a total of €162 million in salary cuts over the past 12 months. That brings the club’s current salary cap down to around €405 million. Or 54 percent in turnover of the club. But it is still beyond their limit and there is still a need to find a way to reduce it. 

Barcelona now hope to do the same with Frenkie, who is still under contract until 2026. With current sporting director Anderson Deco reportedly looking to repair relations with the Dutch midfielder. This comes after previous conflicts with the club trying to find a way to release the 26-year-old midfielder. Including forcing the player to take a pay cut to help solve financial problems. But the players did not agree.

Frankie is satisfied with his life in Barcelona. And his wife is pregnant with their first child. It is expected that the Dutch midfielder intends to play for the Azulgrana in the long term. The club therefore plans to negotiate a new deal with the player and expects he will accept a similar offer to Ter Stegen to help lower his salary cap in the future.