Barcelona’s negotiations to extend La Masia wonderkid going ‘very well’ – Romano

Earlier today, Barcelona confirmed the contract renewal of academy product Aleix Garrido until the summer of 2025. The Blaugrana are working to extend the deals of several other La Masia gems, one of whom is 15-year-old wonderkid Lamine Yamal.

And, according to Fabrizio Romano, the negotiations to renew the contract of Yamal are going very well, which will come as music to the ears of the Barcelona fans.

Just 15 years old, Yamal has caught the attention of onlookers with his amazing talent and quality. Despite his age, the wide forward is already playing for Barça’s Juvenil A setup, competing against players much older than him and excelling at that stage.

Yamal’s potential has not gone unnoticed within Barcelona as manager Xavi Hernandez has regularly called him up to first-team training during the latter half of the season.

In fact, the 15-year-old became the youngest player in the history of the club to be named in the first-team squad for a La Liga game, when he was called up by Xavi for the match against Getafe.

Since then, he has been part of the squad for the Rayo Vallecano game earlier this week and is again included for tomorrow’s clash versus Real Betis.

Yamal turns 16 years old in July, at which point he will become eligible to sign his first professional contract. And clubs across Europe have been trying to lure him away from Barça, but the club are doing everything to get him to sign a new deal and stay put.

The 15-year-old wonderkid switched his agents recently, joining forces with Jorge Mendes, who has an excellent working relationship with Barcelona president Joan Laporta.

And, it seems that talks over his renewal are now going very well, which would indicate that an agreement could be arrived at in the near future.

Xavi has spoken highly of Yamal and Barça are optimistic about tying him down to a new contract.