Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 11:57 | Updated 5:50 p.m.
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Although in recent times she has had less continuity than desired, especially due to the occasional injury, Alexia Putellas is one of the emblems of Barça, a club she joined in July 2012 and with whom she became last weekend , after winning the Queen’s Cup, the player with the most titles, with 29, in the history of the entity. The one from Mollet del Vallès has signed the renewal with the club chaired by Joan Laporta, as he has announced through a video on his social media profiles. To make the agreement possible, the Barça institution has had to make an economic effort to continue having one of its banners.
The Catalan also does so in a key week for the group that a few days ago was proclaimed champion of its fifth consecutive League and ninth in its history, and led by Jonatan Giráldez. This Saturday they will play the final of the Women’s Champions League against Olympique de Lyon in San Mamés, a rival that has eight European champions and whom they have never won, and have even lost two finals against them, the queens of Europe. It will be the fourth time that the two teams meet in the top continental competition, the third in a final and on no occasion have the Blaugranas managed to even draw a match. In Bilbao, they want to change history and win their third European title.
«I can only thank the fans, the club, the people who made the decision that I could have a career in the club of my life. I hope it doesn’t stay here, and that there are many more,” explained the two-time Ballon d’Or winner to Barça One, midfielder for the Barça club after the 8-0 win over Real Sociedad in the Queen’s Cup final. disputed in Zaragoza. A few words expressed with a big smile and that will put an end to the months of doubts about her continuity at Can Barça. «Everyone knows what Barça means to me and what my dream is. I am very committed to the team and the project, I don’t think there is much more to add,” said the midfielder, world champion with Spain, recently.
The captain of the most successful team in the history of Spanish women’s football presented an ambitious proposal, but in line with what her figure generates in the Barça team, as recently reported by Relevo, who says that the Catalan proposed an increase in her salary that would reach one million euros gross. Until now, her contract had remained unchanged since she signed it in 2021 and is around a third of said amount. Apart from that would be the sponsorship agreements or as an ambassador for brands such as Visa, Mango or Iberdrola. Putellas, whose jersey is among the five best-sellers of the men’s and women’s teams, is a media attraction. According to Forbes magazine, the athlete charges 2.9 million euros for her actions off the pitch.
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