{"id":617786,"date":"2022-09-11T09:02:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T13:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617786"},"modified":"2022-09-11T09:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T13:02:22","slug":"barcelona-gavi-contract-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/11\/barcelona-gavi-contract-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Discussions Moving to Key Stages\u2019: Barcelona Wonderkid Dubbed as \u2018Erupting Volcano\u2019 Set to Sign New Contract &#8211; Fabrizio Romano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/barcelona-complete-signing-arsenal-hector-bellerin\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> youngster Gavi is set to sign a new contract very soon to secure his future with the Spanish club, confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1568578760059899904?s=20&amp;t=o3OlUg5_3hs5dmejKr4n9g\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The 18-year-old midfielder&#8217;s current deal expires in 2023, but it doesn&#8217;t seem like he wants to leave his childhood club.<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona Set to Extend Contract of Gavi<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gavi, prepared to sign new contract with Barcelona very soon. After long negotiation, discussions are finally moving to the key stages to get it signed. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Been told there\u2019s no panic on other club rumours \u2014 Bar\u00e7a consider Gavi new deal as matter of [short, now] time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVz6pAHTAk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/oVz6pAHTAk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1568578760059899904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Gavi\u2019s New Contract Talks \u2018In Key Stages\u2019 After Negotiations<\/h3>\n<p>The La Liga giants have been trying to tie down their young midfielder to a new contract for a long time, but it didn&#8217;t make major progress in recent months as they were <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/30\/robert-lewandowskis-future-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">focused on signing major players<\/a> in the summer transfer window. Now that the window is shut, the <em>Blaugrana<\/em> are focused on tying down one of the biggest talents in their team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/fabrizio-romano-chelsea-transfer-interest-stays\/\" target=\"_self\">Memphis Depay Decides to Stay at Barcelona After Summer Transfer Drama<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Romano adds that the discussions between the club and Gavi&#8217;s representatives are heading into the right way after a long period of negotiations. That is why Xavi&#8217;s side are not panicking about the possible risk of the 18-year-old agreeing on a deal with another club. Barcelona are so confident about things that they consider the Spaniard&#8217;s new contract to be completed in a matter of short time and are going to make it official once everything is agreed.<\/p>\n<h3>Gavi Considered as Crucial Part of Barcelona\u2019s Future<\/h3>\n<p>Ever since making his breakthrough into the first team last year, the 18-year-old midfielder has been an ever-present figure with the La Liga side and made himself a key part of their midfield. Xavi is a big fan of the Spaniard and reportedly stepped in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.90min.com\/posts\/xavi-steps-accelerate-gavi-contract-talks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">help accelerate his contract renewal talks<\/a> after the two were <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/25\/gavi-and-barcelona-contract-standoff\/\" target=\"_self\">stuck in a contract stand-off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/manchester-united-chelsea-target-refuses-last-minute-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Frenkie de Jong Refuses Last-Minute Exit From Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gavi has shown admirable maturity for his age and even become an important of the Spanish national team over this year. Luis Enrique adores him and dubbed him <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/news\/gavi-spain-star-praised-by-luis-enrique-as-impressive-highlights-v-czech-republic-emerge-35263656\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as an &#8216;erupting volcano&#8217;<\/a> after Spain&#8217;s 2-0 win over the Czech Republic in a UEFA Nations League game back in June. Despite his age, the teenage sensation has already made 10 appearances for <em>La Roja<\/em> and 38 La Liga appearances for Barcelona &#8211; and he is set to play a key role in both teams for the long-term future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona youngster Gavi is set to sign a new contract very soon to secure his future with the Spanish club, confirms Fabrizio Romano. The 18-year-old midfielder&#8217;s current deal expires in 2023, but it doesn&#8217;t seem like he wants to leave his childhood club. Barcelona Set to Extend Contract of Gavi Gavi, prepared to sign new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":617788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1365,6],"tags":[7716,9124],"class_list":["post-617786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","tag-barcelona-news","tag-gavi"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}