He Barcelona announced the renewal of Aitana Bonmati until 2028. The club extends the contract of the best player in the world for three more seasons and also makes her the highest paid in the history of women’s football, although her salary has not been revealed. She thus surpasses Alexia Putellas, who, after renewing a few months ago with a salary increase, was the highest paid of the staff.
Aitana has just had one of the best years of her career, with an authorization for 2023. This season, she has won everything with the Barcelona, being chosen again as the best player of the Champions. Everything indicates that he will also renew this award with the Ballon d’Or that he already won last year. However, the negative note lies in the team’s failure at the Olympic Games, where it finished fourth and where its performance could be greatly improved.
Despite this, the Barca wanted to secure the future and, as they state in their statement, they confirm their clear will “bet” for the women’s section. Her contract ends in 2025 and, faced with the temptation of several clubs, such as Chelsea or the group chaired by Michele Kang, Owner of Olympique Lyon, London City Lionesses and Washington Spirit, Laporta’s board has clearly started working on its renewal.
One of the offers received by the Catalan was 11 million euros for four seasons, from the Chelsea. However, he rejected the proposal to sign the renewal for Barcelona.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑠, @AitanaBonmati 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/u0FmgZ2kg5
– FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) September 16, 2024
Contacts began last year, before the summer, and in recent weeks an agreement was reached to extend the contract until 2028. With this, Bonmati claims to be the highest paid player in history, surpassing Alexia Putellas either Sam Kerr. For its part, Barcelona is keen to keep another of its jewels, being able to continue to aspire to win everything.
Barcelona renews Aitana
The club has proceeded with the renewal of Aitana Bonmati in a detailed statement in which they value the figure of the midfielder throughout his time in the Barcelona:
The story continues. FC Barcelona and Aitana Bonmatí have reached an agreement for the continuity of the current Ballon d’Or winner until June 30, 2028, reinforcing the Club’s commitment to women’s football and a player who has been at the Club since 2011. was only 11 years old
The player herself, accompanied by her family, attended the signing ceremony, as well as president Joan Laporta, Femenino director Xavier Puig and Femeni sporting director Marc Vivés.
The renewal of the best player in the world is to maintain the winning bet on the women’s team. And Aitana is not just any player. The “14” of Barça, whose renewal took place at 14:14, is the current Ballon d’Or, Best Player in Europe at UEFA and Best Sportswoman in the World at Laureus, among other individual awards.
She is a key part of Pere Romeu’s team, having also scored in the last Champions League final played in Bilbao. She is in fact the club’s all-time leading scorer in Europe’s top competition, tied with Alexia Putellas (22 goals each).
Aitana Bonmatí has played 275 games for Barça, scoring 96 official goals. He will soon reach 100. For now, they are distributed as follows: 60 in the League, 22 in the Champions League, 8 in the Copa de la Reina, 3 in the Spanish Super Cup and another 3 in the Copa Catalunya.
