Lamine's agency asks Barca to make him the highest paid member of the squad

At just 17 years of age, Lamine Yamal has taken the footballing stage by storm. The young Barcelona gem is already considered one of the best players in the world after a 2024-25 campaign in which he has brought Barcelona back to the forefront of world football.

This good news will have its negative counterpart for the club in financial terms. And the fact is that the Spanish international's great moment is going to make his renewal very expensive.

The winger was expected to ask for a considerable salary increase, but his demands (or rather those of his agents) go beyond that.

According to journalist Victor Navarro, Lamine Yamal's agent agency wants the player to be the highest paid player in the squad in his next renewal, something that clashes head-on with Barca's financial plans.

Barca are planning to offer Lamine a lucrative pay rise, but it would not make him the highest paid player, as the board would keep Lewandowski and De Jong in the top tier.

According to the information, the club's leadership will argue that the contracts signed to the Pole and the Dutchman are tokens of a past in which the club squandered too much on wages, something the club does not want to repeat.