Agreement reached on improved contract for Sergio Busquets LaLiga Santander - Barcelona Increase in salary for the midfielder

Sergio Busquets and Barcelona have come to an agreement on the terms of an improved contract for the Spanish midfielder, with the vice-captain of the team set to receive a better salary.

Having signed a renewal as recently as September 2016, Busquets wasn't due a contract extension as a matter of urgency, yet those in power at the Camp Nou feel it is truly warranted.

Talks began at the end of the 2017/18 LaLiga Santander season and a definitive agreement has been reached in the past days.

One of the intricacies of the deal is that it isn't technically a new contract, but merely an improvement on his salary with the duration of the contract remaining the same.

It runs until June 2021, although Barcelona retain a club option to extend that to the summer of 2023.

Busquets' buy-out clause stands at 200 million euros, a figure that is rather low when you consider the money spent by the Blaugrana on inferior midfielders as recently as the January transfer window.

Sergi Roberto's own contract renewal was finalised in January and this had an embedded buy-out clause of 500 million euros.

Simply, the Catalan giants don't believe Busquets will ever truly push to leave, and this aforementioned bump in pay puts the holding midfielder into the second tier of Barcelona's squad just below Lionel Messi.