Gavi, salary and contract with Barcelona: How is his situation with the club and why his renewal registration was rejected

Barcelona is not leaving the eye of the hurricane. On the field, the club have struggled in recent months in Europe, although they have shown face and chest in domestic competitions. However, out on the lawn and more on the desksthe winds blow hard.

The Negreira case controversy with alleged arbitration reports wasn’t enough, but now the magnifying glass is being placed on Gavi, a player who developed in the club’s youth system and who in 2022 signed a contract as a professional first-team player which saw him take a higher salary, create a release clause and change his number, going from 30 to 6.

Initially La Liga, headed by its president Javier Tebas, banned registration in Spanish because, according to their perception, Barcelona violated Financial Fair Play last January. After the controversy over the signings of players such as Robert Lewandowski, Franck Kessié and Raphinha. “It doesn’t seem right” he came to say

However, the club appealed to the courts and Barcelona’s commercial judge number 10 gave the green light to close the settlement with Gavi, which was agreed in September 2022. Hours later, He went on to earn between 100,000 thousand and 3.5 million euros a yearand the one billion euro exit clause was activated.

Now what about Gavi and Barcelona?

This Monday, March 13, it was announced that Court 12 decided to cancel the 18-year-old’s registration as a member of the first team, claiming that his request was late. So, Gavi’s salary and clause would be void. His salary will be the same as it was before the previous judge’s decision, but he could be free next June without any detention.

Barcelona’s answer

Faced with this situation, the club has made it clear that Gavi’s registration request was submitted as per the stipulated times and that everything should remain the same.

“The petition has not been filed after the deadline. It is a decision of the attorney of Justice that is not firm. And the injunction, until it is firm, will not be lifted.” reads a message issued by Barcelona, ​​according to Mundo Deportivo newspaper.

In this way, and while the case has not been decided, Gavi will play in the number 6 given to him in January against Real Madrid next Sunday for the 26th matchday of La Liga.