Fabrizio Romano says Barcelona captain has now ‘agreed in principle’ to renew his contract | OneFootball

The last few days have seen a lot of media speculation about the future of a key FC Barcelona defender, Ronald Araújo. The Uruguayan center-back has been an important part of the Blaugrana backline for some years now, but his situation has changed somewhat this season.

Araújo was able to make his season debut only in January, as he had to miss the first half of the season due to an injury that he suffered while playing for Uruguay in the 2024 Copa America.

During that first half of the season, Iñigo Martínez and Pau Cubarsí established themselves are the starting centre-back duo for Hansi Flick, and their performances in this area were highly promising. Thus, Araújo was not as essential for the team this season as he has been in the past.

Meanwhile, his contractual situation has also been quite complicated. His current contract is going to run out in 2026, but he is yet to arrive at a final agreement for renewal, despite the Catalan club having opened negotiations for this purpose for quite some time now.

However, the reputed Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano reports that the defender has already agreed in principle to renew his contract with Barcelona.

The center-back held a very productive meeting with Deco last night, in which the Portuguese official not only convinced him to stay but also arrived at this agreement in principle with the player.

The details for a formal contract will be finalized between the two parties in the coming few days. But for now, even the agreement in principle will be great news for Barcelona fans as the negotiations for this renewal have been quite rocky, and this development is definitely a step in the right direction.

Once this operation has been fully concluded, Barcelona will address the renewals of three more players, Gavi, Pedri, and Lamine Yamal.