Friday 26 June 2009

OFFICIAL: Toure renews until 2012

Barcelona has today officially announced that Barcelona defensive midfielder and Ivorian international Yaya Touré (26) has signed this evening a contract renewal that will link him to the club until 2012. The buyout clause of the player is raised from 60 to 100 million euro°.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta, the player's representative Dimitri Seluk, Barcelona sports vice-president Rafael Yuste, Barcelona economic vice-president Joan Boix, Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain and Barcelona general director of football Raül Sanllehí assisted the signature of the player.

Yaya Touré, whose current contract expired in 2011, joined Barcelona in the summer of 2007 arriving from French club Monaco.

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15 comments:

ej said...

yesyesyesyes

Anonymous said...

a good news in the middle of the sadness regarding michael jackson's death

barca4life said...

YYYYYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY, or maybe it should be YYYYYYYAAAAAYYYYYYAAAAA.

Lol look how happy he looks in the 2nd pic. LOL. Cha Ching Cha Ching. Get your dough yaya you deserve every penny of it.

pep said...

100 million euro =

140 million us dollar
85 million british pound

Anonymous said...

How much did he get? Half of Valdes?

ej said...

yaya should get as much as valdez .

but if he is happy with less its ok i just dont like it when the fighter kind of players doesnt get what they worth

jordy said...

best news this summer

R10FCB said...

thats great yaya deserves it, i just wish he extended his contract longer instead of a year.

Dude said...

GREAT NEWS!!! Yaya has proven these past two years that he deserves a pay raise :)

60 to 100 mil buyout... Good now those other top clubs can PISS OFF and leave him alone

Manolo said...

one of our best buys in the latest years.

sashi said...

is it official that VV has signed his contract extension??? or he is yet to put pen to paper after agreeing it personally?

pep said...

Victor Valdes' renewal has not yet been announced on the official website, sashi. Apparently they're still doing the "paper work".

Xaviniesta said...

how much is his renewal package? i hope its a really good one. yaya has been a pillar to the team, he deserves maximum respect.

ochtane7 said...

Finally,at least something concrete,to settle the nerves.All smiles.

Harshawardhan said...

YAYA the beast!!
we all love you!

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