Official: Barcelona renew La Masia gem’s contract until 2028

FC Barcelona have been working onerous to tie down thrilling abilities from La Masia to new contracts in latest weeks to safe their future on the membership.

The newest in line to signal a brand new contract with the Blaugrana is Xavi Espart, with the membership saying his renewal till 2028 earlier on Monday.

The contract extension additionally got here with an official promotion from Juvenil A to Barça Atletic for the versatile midfielder, who will now be part of the reserve group beneath Juliano Belletti.

✍🏼 The participant 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗶 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 Extension his hyperlink with the Membership three extra seasons, till June 30, 2028

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“FC Barcelona has reached an settlement with participant Xavi Espart for the renewal of his contract, which is able to hyperlink him to the Membership for the subsequent three seasons, till June 30, 2028,” the assertion from the membership learn.

“Because of this the participant will stay linked to the Blaugrana membership in his last yr as a youth participant and the primary two years as a senior participant, forming a part of Barça Atletic,” it added.

A flexible participant, Xavi Espart began out as a midfielder the place he can play each as a pivot or an inside. Nevertheless, in the course of the course of the final season, the 18-year-old largely performed at right-back for Juvenil A beneath Belletti, as they went on to win the historic treble.

Espart has been with Barcelona for a decade now, having joined La Masia in 2015. The younger jewel will now proceed his improvement with the membership for at the least three extra years, because of his newest contract extension.