Will FC Barcelona and Real Madrid no longer poach each other’s players in the future? Supposedly there should be a non-aggression pact.
Spain’s arch-rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have reportedly signed a “non-aggression pact” to ensure that neither club poaches a player from the other club. This is reported by the Spanish newspaper Mark.
According to this, the two club presidents Florentino Perez (Real) and Joan Laporta (Barcelona) had verbally agreed at a meeting in the past few months that current contracts with players from the rival would be respected. The price for contract extensions should not be artificially inflated.
Barca defender Ronald Araujo to Real Madrid?
In this specific case, the Mark about Barca defender Ronald Araujo. The 22-year-old Uruguayan is still under contract with the Catalans until 2023 and has recently been repeatedly linked with a move to the Spanish capital. However, Perez is said to have made it clear to Laporta that there was no truth to these reports.
The agreement should also include the youth departments of the two clubs, and poaching should also be avoided here. However, players whose contracts are due to expire at short notice and who can therefore negotiate freely with other clubs anyway are excluded. The most prominent example is Erling Haaland, who can leave Borussia Dortmund in the summer via an opt-out clause. A move to Spain and thus to Real or Barca currently seems most likely.
Source From: Stern
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