Barcelona sporting director Deco sat down for an extensive interview with Mundo Deportivo about the club’s current business, and a large portion of the chat was centered about the upcoming contract situation of several of the squad’s biggest players.
Two of the renewals that are facing big challenges concern Ronald Araujo and Frenkie de Jong, who have yet to respond to the offers given to them by the club to sign new deals. Araujo’s case seems related to the Uruguayan wanting a significant increase in salary, while De Jong’s situation is much more complicated and involves the fact there was real effort by Barça to push him out of the club due to his high salary.