Barcelona midfielder happy to extend contract, but disappointed with the delay from club

According to a report by Mundo Deportivo, Sergio Busquets is leaning towards extending his contract for another season with Barcelona. However, he wants to know the club’s intentions quickly, as they have not tabled a formal offer to him, yet.

The report suggests that Busquets is in a rush to sign any possible extension as he has several offers on the table, from MLS and Saudi Arabia included.

Barcelona, on the other hand, seem to be in no rush to hand him an extension right now.

As such, Busquets is disappointed with the Barça administration and Joan Laporta, as per Catalunya Radio. His entourage does not understand why there no offer has been made yet when he has already decided to stay at the club.

Earlier, it was reported that Busquets would leave the club in the summer, with Inter Miami poised to sign him. However, it seems after a ton of convincing from Xavi, the captain has decided to stay. He is even ready to take a salary cut before extending in Catalonia.

The coach believes that there are no like-for-like replacements for Busi in the team, and that him leaving would commence a ‘post Busquets’ era at Barcelona.

He has tried Frenkie de Jong and Franck Kessie in that role to varying levels of success in that position, but believes Real Sociedad’s Martin Zubimendi could be the next face of that role for Barcelona.

The ball is evidently in Barcelona’s court, now. They had been waiting for Busquets to come to a decision for months, and now that he has, Laporta and co. must react quickly to nail the legendary midfielder down for another season.