Lamine Yamal addresses Barcelona future with wonderkid's contract due to expire next summer

Lamine Yamal has confirmed that helium volition soon motion a caller declaration astatine Barcelona, calling the Catalan outfit 'the nine of his life'.

The 17-year-old has been successful awesome signifier for Barcelona during the 2024-25 campaign, scoring six goals and registering 12 assists successful 21 appearances successful each competitions astatine nine level.

In total, Yamal has turned retired for Barcelona connected 72 occasions, scoring 13 goals and registering 21 assists, which are singular numbers considering that helium volition not beryllium 18 until the mediate of this year.

The Spain international's existent woody astatine Camp Nou is owed to expire successful June 2026, and Paris Saint-Germain are believed to beryllium consenting to connection a world-record interest for the attacker.

However, Yamal has confirmed that helium volition beryllium signing a caller woody astatine Barcelona.

"I don't cognize precisely erstwhile the declaration volition beryllium signed, but I deliberation it'll hap soon. Barca is the nine of my life, I anticipation to renew and enactment arsenic agelong arsenic possible. I privation to play successful La Liga and Barca. Yes, I'm going to renew my contract," helium told CNN Sports.

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Yamal confirms caller Barcelona woody is imminent

Barcelona are presently preparing to look Athletic Bilbao successful the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup, wherever a triumph would acceptable up a last quality against either Real Madrid oregon Mallorca.

Hansi Flick's broadside are besides challenging for La Liga, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey this season, and Yamal has said that helium is assured of enjoying a palmy 2025 with the club.

"In 2025 we volition springiness everything to triumph titles and we privation to commencement with the Super Cup. We are going to springiness everything to marque it the champion twelvemonth of our lives," said the teenager.

"In the end, the league volition beryllium won against the teams we person mislaid to before. I deliberation it's a substance of concentration. We person shown successful important moments that we are the champion and we volition proceed to bash so. I person nary uncertainty that we volition triumph the league."

Barcelona are presently 3rd successful the La Liga table, 5 points down leaders Real Madrid, portion they volition instrumentality connected Real Betis successful the last-16 signifier of the Copa del Rey adjacent week.

The Catalan broadside are successful an fantabulous presumption to scope the adjacent signifier of the Champions League, meanwhile, presently sitting 2nd successful the wide table, collecting 15 points from their six matches successful this season's competition.

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Which different Barcelona players are retired of declaration successful 2026?

Barcelona are facing large decisions erstwhile it comes to a fig of first-team players, with Yamal 1 of 13 elder stars retired of declaration successful the summertime of 2026.

Ander Astralaga, Marc Bernal, Pablo Torre, Hector Fort, Inaki Pena, Eric Garcia, Andreas Christensen are each successful the last 18 months of their contracts, portion the aforesaid tin beryllium besides beryllium said for Pedri, Gavi, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski.

Pedri and Gavi are some acceptable to motion caller deals successful the adjacent future, but determination is uncertainty erstwhile it comes to the futures of Araujo, De Jong and Lewandowski.

Araujo is presently being heavy linked with a January exit; Juventus are said to beryllium pushing to motion the Uruguay planetary connected an archetypal indebtedness deal, but determination is besides believed to beryllium genuine interest from Arsenal.

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