25-year-old Barcelona player’s renewal is now up in the air – Report | OneFootball

In the last few weeks, FC Barcelona have been working on ensuring the long-term presence of some of the key parts of this team. In this regard, the Catalans have been quite successful, as they have already renewed several players.

Last month, the Blaugranes officially announced the renewals of Ronald Araujo, Pedri, Gavi, and Gerard Martin, while Pau Cubarsi’s renewal was announced today. Meanwhile, there are also some players whose renewal negotiations are proving to be quite complicated. As already reported, one such player is the Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong.

But the Dutchman is not the only player in this category, as Mundo Deportivo reports that uncertainty about Iñaki Peña’s future at Barcelona is also increasing significantly, as his contract is expiring in 2026, but there has been no move made by the club to negotiate a renewal.

Earlier, at the start of this month, the Blaugranes were planning to start negotiations for his renewal. However, as opposed to their plans from two months ago, there has been no intention to hold a meeting with him.

Meanwhile, Iñaki Peña’s situation in the Barcelona squad is also far from ideal, as he has lost the starting spot that he got after Marc-André ter Stegen’s injury to Wojciech Szczęsny.

After being a starter for some months, he was penalized for being late for an activation session by giving his starting spot in Flick’s starting lineup to Szczęsny for the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Athletic Club.

However, the German coach continued to have the Pole as his starter in the ensuing game against Real Madrid as well, in which his red card allowed Peña to start the Copa del Rey game against Real Betis and then he also started in the league game against Getafe.

Since then, the Spaniard has not been able to get back into the starting eleven at Barcelona, and the breach of trust between him and Flick can also cause him to consider his future carefully before starting his renewal negotiations.