{"id":23388,"date":"2026-05-14T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/23388\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:03:07","slug":"barcelona-injury-prone-star-has-shown-no-signs-of-agreeing-renewal-on-reduced-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/23388\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona injury-prone star has shown no signs of agreeing renewal on reduced terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the season in its final couple of weeks and the La Liga title secured, FC Barcelona have shifted their focus towards planning for the next campaign.<\/p>\n<p>There will be changes made to the squad, with some departures expected and some ambitious new signings being planned.<\/p>\n<p>While nothing is confirmed so far, Robert Lewandowski appears set to depart as a free agent when his contract expires on June 30, even though the club are open to keeping him for another season on a reduced contract.<\/p>\n<p>Another player who finds himself in a similar situation is Andreas Christensen.<\/p>\n<p>Christensen renewal unlikely<\/p>\n<p>And, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7275553\/2026\/05\/13\/barcelona-summer-transfers-rashford-lewandowski-ter-stegen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Athletic<\/a>, so far, Christensen has shown no sign of agreeing a new contract with Barcelona on \u2018heavily reduced terms\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Danish defender has spent the majority of the season out injured and only made his return to the squad last night against Alaves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rayo-vallecano-de-madrid-v-fc-barcelona-laliga-ea-sports-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Andreas Christensen of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-199678\"  \/>Christensen to leave in the summer? (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>His deal, like Lewandowski\u2019s, expires on June 30, and <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-still-waiting-for-response-from-veteran-defender-over-two-year-renewal-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bar\u00e7a have offered him an extension<\/a>, but on a much lower salary and a variable component depending on his appearances.<\/p>\n<p>However, with only a little over a month left for his current deal to run out, Christensen has shown no indication of being willing to accept the proposal tabled by the club.<\/p>\n<p>In that scenario, the former Chelsea defender could be on the move as a free agent, bringing an end to his four-year stint at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Christensen joined the Catalans on a free transfer in 2022 and played a key role in the team\u2019s La Liga triumph in his debut season. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, however, the 30-year-old has constantly been bogged down by injury problems, limiting his influence and impact in the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the season in its final couple of weeks and the La Liga title secured, FC Barcelona have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[723,92,222,223],"class_list":{"0":"post-23388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-andreas-christensen","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-barcelona-news","11":"tag-fc-barcelona"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}