23.10.2009 18:40
Five contracts renewed
Roger Bogunyà
Carles Puyol has become the fifth player that has had his contract renewed by FC Barcelona since the summer as the club looks to keep some of the key players in the squad happy.
Four of those five players have been products of the club’s youth academy with Puyol
following Víctor Valdés, Pedro and Lionel Messi into penning new deals. Touré Yaya has also had his
future secured with a renewed contract at Camp Nou.
All ages
Pedro has risen to prominence in recent months and has been rewarded to
show that the club are maintaining their youth production policy. At 22 the forward is one end of
the spectrum while Puyol, at 31, is signing a deal that will ensure that he remains a one club man
throughout his career. Valdés, aged 27, Touré, aged 26, and Messi, 22, all have many more also left
at the club.
Every area
With the goalkeeper having signed until 2014, Messi signed up until
2016 and now Puyol until 2013 the long-term future in almost every position is secure as Touré and
Pedro make up the numbers in midfield and on the flanks.