Jules Kounde has agreed to increase his contract with Barcelona till 2030 and can formally put pen to paper when the Blaugrana return from their tour of Asia subsequent week.
Kounde is at present with Hansi Flick’s squad for a tour of Japan and South Korea, coming off the bench in a 3-1 victory over Vissel Kobe on Sunday.
The LaLiga champions will play additional friendlies towards FC Seoul and Daegu earlier than returning to Catalonia subsequent week, forward of going through Como within the Joan Gamper Trophy.
Kounde performed a key function as Flick’s crew received LaLiga, the Supercopa de Espana and the Copa del Rey final season, netting an extra-time winner towards Actual Madrid within the ultimate of the latter match.
Solely Raphinha (4,661), Pedri (4,643) and Lamine Yamal (4,548) performed extra minutes for Barca throughout all competitions than Kounde (4,423) in 2024-25.
The France worldwide made 53 appearances in complete, along with his 50 begins solely bettered by the identical trio of Blaugrana team-mates (Pedri 56, Raphinha 53 and Yamal 51).
Kounde’s contract with the Catalan giants was initially resulting from expire in 2027, however he’ll commit his future to the membership for the following 5 years after agreeing recent phrases.
“It’s all prepared for me to resume till 2030 once we return to Barcelona, it’s all completed,” Kounde advised reporters, as quoted by Cope.
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“It was all performed fairly quick, and it’s a matter of days now, and I’m very pleased on the membership.”
Kounde arrived at Barca from Sevilla in 2022 and has made 141 appearances for them throughout all competitions, a minimum of 22 greater than every other Blaugrana defender in that point (Alejandro Balde is second with 119).
Barca start their LaLiga title defence at Actual Mallorca on August 16, with their first three video games being away from residence whereas the renovation of Camp Nou is accomplished.
