Sources: Yamal nears new Barça deal until 2031

Lamine Yamal is adjacent to extending his Barcelona declaration until 2031 aft a affirmative gathering betwixt nine president Joan Laporta and the player's agent, Jorge Mendes, connected Monday, sources told ESPN.

The 17-year-old's existent woody is owed to expire successful 2026, but the nine person been moving connected renewing and improving his presumption for months now.

Mendes met with Yamal successful Barcelona past week and returned to the metropolis connected Monday to thrash retired the last details of the statement with the club.

The last touches inactive request to beryllium applied, but sources adjacent to the nine and the subordinate some said the gathering had gone good and that a statement was close.

Yamal, who volition crook 18 connected July 13, has said publically connected respective occasions that his tendency is to stay astatine Barça, wherever helium has already made implicit 100 archetypal squad appearances.

The Spain winger signed his existent declaration successful 2023, but astatine the time, arsenic helium was nether 18, helium was lone allowed to motion three-year deal.

Laporta has said Yamal volition get "special treatment" and his caller presumption volition not lone widen his enactment with the LaLiga champions, but volition manus him a important wage bump successful enactment with his presumption successful manager Hansi Flick's team.

Sources explained that successful summation to Yamal's wages being increased, the caller declaration volition besides diagnostic a bid of idiosyncratic incentives and bonuses that volition let him to gain more.

It is simply a exemplary of declaration which has ever been favoured by Laporta -- some successful his archetypal spell arsenic president, betwixt 2003 and 2010, and since helium was re-elected successful 2021.

Among those bonuses volition beryllium 1 for winning the Ballon d'Or, with Yamal already considered among the candidates to triumph the astir coveted idiosyncratic prize successful football.

In 55 appearances this season, helium has scored 18 goals and registered 25 assists, portion delivering standout performances successful immoderate of Barça's biggest games, including the Champions League semifinal against Inter Milan and the LaLiga-defining Clásico against Real Madrid.

His displays helped Barça triumph a home treble -- LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercopa -- successful Flick's archetypal play successful charge.

Yamal archetypal joined Barça arsenic a seven-year-old and rapidly progressed done the academy, making his debut aged 15 nether erstwhile manager Xavi Hernández.

He has not lone gone connected to assistance Barça assertion silverware, but has besides delivered for Spain, playing an integral relation arsenic La Roja won the European Championships past summer.

As a result, helium has already won immoderate of the biggest prizes for young players successful the game, including the Kopa Trophy, the Golden Boy grant and the breakthrough of the twelvemonth award astatine the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards.

Barça presumption Yamal arsenic 1 of the leaders of the squad for galore years to come, alongside different players who person each signed caller contracts successful caller months, including Pedri, Gavi, Pau Cubarsí and Raphinha