{"id":20807,"date":"2022-06-11T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/11\/barcelona-chief-speaks-out-over-gavi-contract-talks\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T19:00:55","slug":"barcelona-chief-speaks-out-over-gavi-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/11\/barcelona-chief-speaks-out-over-gavi-contract-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona chief speaks out over Gavi contract talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joan Laporta, president of Spanish giants FC Barcelona, has on Saturday provided a fresh insight into the club\u2019s efforts to tie midfield prodigy Gavi down to fresh terms.<\/p>\n<p>And the news will no doubt be met with widespread approval on the part of the Blaugrana faithful.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of Gavi\u2019s future has of course long taken its place front and centre in the headlines in the Catalan capital.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with those in a position of power at the Camp Nou having seen their efforts to tie the club\u2019s latest breakthrough La Masia talent down for the long term fail to bear fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi, at just 17, established himself as one of the first names on the team sheet of boss Xavi Hernandez across much of this past season, since exploding onto the international stage with Spain, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gavi? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lpxe9vUTPo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Lpxe9vUTPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eliot???????? (@eliotgrantt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eliotgrantt\/status\/1534981961172893698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Such remarkable endeavours culminated in inevitable speculation that a number of Europe\u2019s rival heavyweights \u2013 chiefly Liverpool \u2013 had begun expressing a keen interest in luring the midfield all-rounder away from Barcelona this summer.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, some outlets went as far as to suggest that the Premier League giants were ready to leave Xavi and co. helpless, by means of activating Gavi\u2019s release clause.<\/p>\n<p>As alluded to above, though, if the latest word stemming from the Camp Nou is anything to go by, then the Blaugrana faithful need not fret.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an exchange with the media on Saturday, Joan Laporta was asked for an update on the club\u2019s ongoing contract negotiations with Gavi\u2019s entourage.<\/p>\n<p>And the Spanish patron went on to confirm that Barca are \u2018very close\u2019 to striking a definitive agreement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bar\u00e7a president Laporta confirms: \u201cWe are very close to reaching an agreement with Gavi to extend his contract\u201d. ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/relevo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@relevo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are optimistic about the renewal of Gavi. We want him to continue at Bar\u00e7a\u201d, he added. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7IYADXcUQG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7IYADXcUQG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1535592043287920643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/barcelona-come-to-decision-on-dani-alves-future\/\">Barcelona come to decision on Dani Alves\u2019 future<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/as-man-united-finally-open-formal-talks-for-frenkie-de-jong-barcelonas-massive-price-tag-revealed\/\">As Man United finally open \u2018formal talks\u2019 for Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona\u2019s massive price-tag revealed<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Joan Laporta, president of Spanish giants FC Barcelona, has on Saturday provided a fresh insight into the club\u2019s efforts to tie midfield prodigy Gavi down to fresh terms. And the news will no doubt be met with widespread approval on the part of the Blaugrana faithful. The subject of Gavi\u2019s future has of course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}