A busy morning at Barcelona’s Camp Nou offices, as full-back Gerard Martín and center-back Roland Araujo signed their renewal with the Barça club. Capital that of the Uruguayan, who not so long ago seemed predisposed to sign for Juventus. But a conversation with the sports director, Deco, was enough to redirect the situation, to the point that the player will continue with Barça until 2031.
With Íñigo Martínez and Pau Cubarsí settled in the axis of the defense, with Koundé (who acts more as a right back with Flick) and Christensen as well, Araujo understood that his minutes at Barça were complicated, the club he chose a few years ago when he signed. for the subsidiary from a Uruguayan Second Division. The then technical secretary Ramon Planes saw a lot of future in him and he was not wrong, as the footballer showed when he was promoted to the first team, a fast and physical center back who does not stand out with the ball at his feet but does stand out in corrections, also a winger when playing against Madrid to tie Vinicius short as Xavi, the previous tenant of the bench, liked. Now, without Íñigo Martínez due to injury, Araujo has returned to the axis of the defense.
After winning the Super Cup, precisely against Madrid, Deco spoke with Araujo to convince him that nowhere was he at home, that the proposals from Juve and Arsenal could offer him more money but not more distance. Words that the player accepted to express his renewal for six more years, now that the player is 25 years old. Along with Araujo were his family and agents, who successfully closed the meeting with the president Joan Laporta, as well as the sports vice president Rafa Yuste, Deco and the director of the football area Joan Soler.
Before Araujo, Gerard Martín also sealed his continuity with Barça, also accompanied by his parents and grandparents, in addition to the agent. The full-back, who has had minutes under Flick’s orders, extends his contract until 2028. Renewals in the line that Barcelona has imposed itself, concerned with retaining talent. This was done recently with Marc Casadó and they want to do it with Pedri and Gavi. Meanwhile, Iñigo Martínez and Robert Lewandowski will see their contracts automatically extended in the coming months when they reach the matches played established in the clauses. There remains, of course, Lamine Yamal, with whom there is good agreement so that he continues as a Barça player.
