Barcelona assured Gavi contract settlement is shut regardless of contemporary switch curiosity

Barcelona stay assured that Gavi will signal a brand new long-term contract, regardless of curiosity in his signature rising from a number of golf equipment throughout Europe, 90min understands.

Gavi had agreed to signal a brand new deal earlier this 12 months, with golf equipment advised that he could be staying on the Catalan giants and was not seeking to transfer.

Barça’s plan was for {the teenager} to signal his new long-term contract when he turned 18 on August 5. Nevertheless, that was not potential as a result of membership’s monetary points which noticed them wrestle to register new signings.

Now that the switch window has closed, Barcelona are actually seeking to finalise the extension of Gavi along with his present deal as a result of expire subsequent 12 months.

Gavi and his representatives, led by former Spain midfielder Ivan de la Pena, have been able to decide to a brand new deal, however they’ve been left annoyed by the delays, whereas Barça’s hyperlinks to Manchester Metropolis’s Bernardo Silva didn’t go down properly.

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90min understands that whereas Barcelona stored Gavi ready over the summer time, rival golf equipment rekindled their curiosity within the sensible younger Spaniard.

Sources with information of the state of affairs have confirmed to 90min that Manchester Metropolis, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have all held conferences about Gavi in current weeks to maintain abreast of his present state of affairs.

Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain and Juventus have additionally had comparable conversations, with all golf equipment eager to ensure that Gavi is conscious he has choices away from Camp Nou.

Barcelona stay agency of their perception that Gavi will signal a brand new deal very quickly, however they’re conscious of the curiosity that has emerged from their failure to tie one in every of their prized belongings down up to now.