The President of Barcelona speaks about the renewal of the contracts of Alba and Valverde and the possibility of including Leicht

Barcelona President Josep Mario Bartomio rebadured fans about the future of coach Ernesto Valvedri, players Ivan Rakitic and Jordi Alba and renewed their contracts.

Valverde's contract expires at the end of the season, while the Rakyac and Alba duos call for an extension of their stay in the Catalan club and better salaries.

"I told Alba that I wanted it with us for the next five seasons, which is important for us, but we must achieve an economic balance between the economic needs of Barcelona and what is offered," he said. said Bartomeo in an interview with Mundo.

"I think we will reach a close agreement between the two parties, and he wants to stay here and play with us.I would like to congratulate him for what he proposes.It's not easy to stay at this high level all these years. "

"He's still young and he has a long way to go, and at the end of the season, we'll sit down with him to see what we can do with the increases, especially since the club has its accounts. . "

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Valverde: "I have said many times that we would be our coach next season, and we want it to continue, and if not, it will be due to something unusual."

"I am happy because a player of his choice has chosen us and this confirms the validity of the planning." We and Ajax, we are brothers and we have a philosophy, "said Bartomio.

"Barcelona will make him a better player, not just a better player, so it's not important that Valverde calls him personally like Tochel or Guardiola."

"Now we come to Lenier, we do not know what could happen in April and March and Mino Raiola has excellent relations with Barcelona since the agreement Ibrahimovic, but this is not the time to talk about De Licht. "

"With a presence we can aspire to trophies every season, it's the effect of the best player in the world, and he can always teach us more here in Catalonia," said Bartomio.

Barcelona played Wednesday night in front of Sevilla in the quarterfinals of the King of Spain Cup and was going to end the victory of the Andalusian team with a brace.