{"id":1061,"date":"2025-10-09T13:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:49:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:49:58","slug":"barcelona-close-to-finalising-frenkie-de-jong-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/barcelona-close-to-finalising-frenkie-de-jong-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona close to finalising Frenkie de Jong contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-10-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona director Deco has confirmed that the club is in the final stages of agreeing a new deal for Frenkie de Jong, with negotiations delayed only by changes involving the midfielder&#8217;s agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to TV3, Deco explained: \u201cFrenkie had some changes regarding his agents, we waited for that to be resolved. This issue has nothing to do with money. We&#8217;re now in the final stages. It will be done soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extension, reported by Fabrizio Romano, is expected to keep him at Camp Nou until 2029, maintaining his current salary of around \u20ac18-19 million per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal provides Barcelona with crucial stability in midfield as the club continues to navigate financial challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since joining the Catalan giants in 2019, De Jong has been a key figure in the squad, and this long-term commitment signals the club&#8217;s intent to build around the Dutch international for the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona director Deco has confirmed that the club is in the final stages of agreeing a new deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1063,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}