Again-to-back Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas is near extending her contract with Barcelona, the membership's president Joan Laporta mentioned.
Putellas, 29, missed most of final season with an anterior cruciate ligament harm, however she returned for the ultimate six video games of the marketing campaign and has been named in Spain's squad for this summer time's Girls's World Cup.
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Nonetheless, with one yr to run on her contract, which expires in 2024, some reviews had urged Barca can be open to letting her go after profitable the Champions League with out her this season.
"With Alexia, we are quite close to reaching an agreement to renew her contract," Laporta advised La Vanguardia, knocking again recommendations affords can be entertained for the membership captain.
Putellas's position in Barca's success over the previous couple of seasons has earned her two Ballons d'Or and two Greatest FIFA Girls's Participant awards within the final two years.
An ACL harm picked up forward of final summer time's European Championships in England dominated her out for 10 months, however didn't decelerate Barcelona's progress on the pitch.
With out Putellas, Barca sealed a fourth consecutive Spanish girls's league title and gained the Champions League for simply the second time of their historical past, getting back from two targets right down to beat Wolfsburg within the last.
Putellas did come off the bench for the previous couple of minutes of that last, however Barca's success in Europe, coupled doubts about how she's going to return from harm and the membership's must make cutbacks throughout the board, led to Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reporting initially of June that the midfielder was not indispensable.
In her first begin for her nation in a yr, she scored in final week's win over Panama as Jorge Vilda's facet stepped up preparations for the event in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to Aug. 20.
"The plan was for her to play 45 minutes, but she felt good and she reached 60," Vilda mentioned after the sport. "I know she would have [wanted] to play the whole game, but I don't want any risks.
"Past the purpose, her efficiency was actually good, however the perfect Alexia continues to be to come back."
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