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23.10.2009 18:40

Five contracts renewed

Roger Bogunyà

Carles Puyol has become the fifth player that has had his contract renewed by FC Barcelona since the summer as the club looks to keep some of the key players in the squad happy.

Four of those five players have been products of the club’s youth academy with Puyol following Víctor Valdés, Pedro and Lionel Messi into penning new deals. Touré Yaya has also had his future secured with a renewed contract at Camp Nou.

All ages

Pedro has risen to prominence in recent months and has been rewarded to show that the club are maintaining their youth production policy. At 22 the forward is one end of the spectrum while Puyol, at 31, is signing a deal that will ensure that he remains a one club man throughout his career. Valdés, aged 27, Touré, aged 26, and Messi, 22, all have many more also left at the club.

Every area

With the goalkeeper having signed until 2014, Messi signed up until 2016 and now Puyol until 2013 the long-term future in almost every position is secure as Touré and Pedro make up the numbers in midfield and on the flanks.