Barcelona want to multiply attacker’s contract release clause by 10

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The brass at La Liga giants Barcelona have begun work towards significantly increasing the release clause included in the contract of young attacker Hamza Abdelkarim.

This comes amid growing excitement surrounding the potential long-term impact of the Egyptian in Catalunya’s capital.

Hamza for his part first linked up with Barcelona on loan from Al Ahly back in January. From here, the 18-year-old did enough to convince the Blaugrana to make his transfer a permanent one during the summer.

Aware of his goalscoring talents, Hansi Flick, in turn, afforded Hamza a chance to impress as part of his first-team setup during pre-season in Catalunya’s capital.

And the 18-year-old managed precisely that, finding the net in several friendly fixtures, giving rise to a La Liga debut in Barca’s drubbing of Rayo Vallecano last time out.

It should therefore come as little surprise to learn of Deco and the Camp Nou brass already working to lock Hamza down for the long-term…

As per a report from Diario Sport :

‘Barça met the day before yesterday with Christian Emile, the Egyptian striker’s agent, to start laying the foundations of his new contract. Hamza currently has a release clause of 15 million euros, and Barça want to raise it to 150 million.’

Conor Laird – GSFN