Barcelona is determined to renew the contract with midfielder before the transfer window is closed

With less than two weeks left before the transfer window is closed, Barcelona is working to get at least three first-team players away, namely Romeu, Penia and Hector Ford.

For example, Romeu is about to sign a contract termination agreement and leave Barcelona as a free agent. In addition to withdrawing, the Catalan giants are also carrying out several key contract renewals. One of them is De Jong. As one of the most experienced players in the team, the Dutch have always been a key part of the midfield configuration of head coach Flick.

According to Le Marca, Barcelona is determined to complete a contract renewal with De Jong before the transfer window is closed, the update comes after the Dutch rehired their agents, who met with club sports director De Ko this Wednesday to speed up the negotiation process.

A few weeks ago, club chairman Laporta had already stated that the contract renewal was proceeding step by step and planned to be completed before the transfer window was closed.

It is reported that Barcelona's motivation to complete the contract renewal before the end of this month is to alleviate the pressure on the financial fair competition mechanism faced by the club, so as to complete the registration of pending players in a timely manner.

It is worth mentioning that Barcelona has not yet completed the registration of Szczesni, Rooney Badge and Gerald Martin, although Romeu's withdrawal is likely to help the latter.

However, De Jong will likely agree to lower wages in contract renewal, which will greatly alleviate the pressure on Barcelona's balance sheet.

Plus Peña and Ford are likely to leave on loan, which will be very helpful for Barcelona to complete the registration of Szczesnibadegi by the end of this month.