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Barcelona planning to renew Unai Hernandez and promote teen to first team

Related Topics: Barcelona, Lamine Yamal

Barcelona are reportedly planning on renewing 19-year-old midfielder Unai Hernandez’s contract and then promoting him to the first-team.

Unai has impressed with Barcelona Atletic and bagged a hat-trick in their promotion play-off semi-finals last season. He was also part of the pre-season tour to the United States.

According to Jijantes, Barcelona want to extend his contract - which expires next summer - by the end of the year to secure his future at the club.

The plan is also then to include him in the first-team dynamic and follow in the footsteps of other young stars such as Marc Casado and Lamine Yamal.