19 - Lamine Yamal

[Windhook]

If true, would be base and highly incentivised. 40%+ on top. Makes sense.

It's not official, yet. SPORT could be simply using X's Grok AI which calculates automatically the net (around 50% of gross in Catalonia) of 15m.

 

[jamrock]

Catalan media are reporting 16m gross. Spanish national media saying it's 15m gross.

He has team + individual related bonuses such as goals, assists and BdO. If he hits all those he will easily surpass Lewandowski's 24m gross salary for next season.

Yea figured that's what it was, 16m net would be too much at his age

 

[mc_lovin]

Yea figured that's what it was, 16m net would be too much at his age

I wouldn't get stuck on age.

Top 3 Balon, our best player (maybe best in the world), already a serial winner, most marketable... obviously Catalan media sells a lower salary.

 

[DonAK]

I wouldn't get stuck on age.

Top 3 Balon, our best player (maybe best in the world), already a serial winner, most marketable... obviously Catalan media sells a lower salary.

It's not about the age.

The club won't be handing out those massive salaries like candy as the former board did.

 

[jamrock]

I wouldn't get stuck on age.

Top 3 Balon, our best player (maybe best in the world), already a serial winner, most marketable... obviously Catalan media sells a lower salary.

I agree with that part, but we have to look at how many renewals he has left, if we are paying him 30m base at 18 + bonuses.

What will that number be at 23.

At least now, his next contract can be high without being ridiculous.

 

[serghei]

Massive respect if he signed a contract for so long on 8m net. Other clubs would throw at him double that base salary.

 

[DonAK]

All our contracts should have a reasonable base salary with higher bonuses for trophies won by the team as well as individual accolades.
Let winning above everything else and also performing very well be the main motivating factor for more money.

Don't just hand it out like Bartomeu and co. did.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Let him wear sunglasses, dude is prodigy...

Sunglasses promote cancer, no one should wear.

 

[jamrock]

He's going to walk away with closer to 12m net every season.

If he got a big number I wouldn't care, as long as we aren't negotiating a new contract every 2 years like under barto

 

[serghei]

All our contracts should have a reasonable base salary with higher bonuses for trophies won by the team as well as individual accolades.
Let winning above everything else and also performing very well be the main motivating factor for more money.

Don't just hand it out like Bartomeu and co. did.

Logical, but this club is often run poorly.

 

[KingLeo10]

Massive respect if he signed a contract for so long on 8m net. Other clubs would throw at him double that base salary.

Double? Maybe even triple from the richest EPL and oil clubs (especially these, who pay money under the table).

 

[Windhook]

The marketability of the club in the 2010s allowed for reckless contracts. COVID-19 was crash landing for FC Barcelona.

 

[Loki]

I'm okay with it, if a considerable part depends on bonus. If a player is successful and helps the club in winning titles, he deserves a big salary obviously. But another Fati, Umtiti, Lenglet contract, where he can sit on his ass, do nothing and still getting fully paid can't happen again obviously.

But with Laporta taking over, there were reports about him giving out a smaller basic salary and a bigger part as bonus. I trust Laporta that Lamine also has a big part of his salary depending on the team's and his own season.

 

[KingLeo10]

8 M net with bonus with such a contract length would signal to me that this dude is all about winning big trophies at Barcelona.

His talent and production is already in prime Neymar class. With a ruthless, winning mentality he will be what Neymar dreams he was.

 

[malvolio]

If we start paying him like the best in the world now, we'll have to get used to the fact he'll leave us by 25.

Problem here is that there is no one to compare him with. Only Mbappe in a good system can challenge him for top spot.

Messi, while actually being the best in the world, wasn't labelled as such this early since there were lots of world class players around.