Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Friday that Barcelona has formally opened negotiations to improve contracts for Xavi Espart, Hamza Abdelkarim and Brian Farinas after their promotion to Hansi Flick’s first‑team squad.
- SPORT and other sources say the club has proposed very large exit fees of about €150 million for Hamza and Xavi Espart, while Farinas’s current €20 million clause is under review with no public figure yet.
- Club sporting director Deco and Barcelona’s technical staff are leading talks that began several weeks ago, and reporting describes negotiations as positive and progressing toward a September completion.
- Spanish player contracts use release clauses as a legal buyout price, and Barcelona has used very high clauses before for academy graduates such as Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí to protect talent.
- If agreed, the new deals would raise the trio’s market valuations, make moves by major European clubs harder to execute, and likely bring higher salaries and stronger contractual protections for the players; official confirmations are still pending.