{"id":856251,"date":"2026-09-22T05:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T05:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/856251\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T05:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T05:14:09","slug":"barcelona-superstar-set-to-appoint-new-agent-ahead-of-contract-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/856251\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona superstar set to appoint new agent ahead of contract renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raphinha\u2019s start to the new season has been sensational, and the Barcelona captain is quite simply in the form of his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Playing as a striker for the first time in his career, the Barcelona star has been unstoppable in front of goal and is one of, if not the best player on the planet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his brilliant form and massive importance in Hansi Flick\u2019s system come the inevitable talks of a contract renewal, and the player is open to continuing at the club. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/internacional\/raphinha-resuelve-su-lio-inedito-con-el-barcelona-f202609-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AS<\/a>, however, one major constraint stands between him and his renewal.<\/p>\n<p>Without an agent<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Raphinha signed for Barcelona, his agent was Deco, and a lot has changed since then, with the club legend now being the sporting director.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fc-barcelona-v-feyenoord-uefa-champions-league-2026-27-league-phase-md1-5-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Raphinha, Barcelona player\" class=\"wp-image-213110\"  \/>The captain will stay at the club for longer. (Photo by Judit Cartiel\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deco stopped representing Raphinha after a conflict of interest arose, and the player has been without an agent ever since. Now pushing for a renewal, he requires a representative to close the matter for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish outlet confirms that Raphinha is currently in the process of appointing a trusted agent at the moment and that the name of his new representative will be announced in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His renewal will be finalised immediately after that, for it is the club and player\u2019s priority to close the deal at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>An unofficial confirmation<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the media earlier this week, Raphinha\u2019s former agent and Barcelona\u2019s sporting director Deco opened up on the player\u2019s contract renewal and <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-director-announces-imminent-renewals-for-raphinha-espart-and-marc-bernal-we-have-agreed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">made a massive announcement<\/a> on that front.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fc-barcelona-v-rayo-vallecano-laliga-ea-sports-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Deco, FC Barcelona director\" class=\"wp-image-178584\"  \/>Deco has confirmed the operation. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been progressing since yesterday. We have agreed that he will stay until 2030,\u201d\u00a0he said openly, confirming even the duration of the new deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the administrator speaking so openly about the details of the deal, one can assume that the contract renewal is all but complete. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coming days will be crucial, and one can expect the player to put pen to paper on his new deal with minimal drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raphinha\u2019s start to the new season has been sensational, and the Barcelona captain is quite simply in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[418,49042,4893,105064,403,99],"class_list":["post-856251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-raphinha","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}