The 'renewal operation' at Real Sociedad has been activated for a long time. In fact, if it had not been for the coronavirus health crisis, which stopped the entire world, there are renovations that are already closed and will be announced in the coming days, they would have been made official. This is the case of soccer players like Mikel Merino, Robin Le Normand and Andoni Gorosabel. The talks with their representatives have been open for a long time, but they had to be paralyzed when everything stopped due to the global pandemic, so the agreement suffered a delay that has now been overcome., once the initial uncertainty has become a certain hope for the future that lies ahead due to the positive evolution of the disease. So much so that the extension of the contract of two defenses in which there are high hopes for the coming years have already been closed and will be announced shortly. This is Andoni Gorosabel and Robin Le Normand.
They are two different cases. The right back of Arrasate ends his contract at the end of this season, so his situation forced the club to make a decision about his future, and his evolution and progression, without being an indisputable starter, led them to value that he will continue longerFor this reason, conversations were started to renew it longer, reaching an agreement to make it realistic until 2024. The case of the French central defense is different. Why Le Normand still has two years left on his contract, so there was time to undertake his renewal, but Real wants to work with time and patience on the contracts of the players he has in the medium to long term. The growth of the Frenchman in recent years, especially since his jump to the first team, has earned him a revision of his contract., to adapt it to the importance it has acquired within the professional staff. The conversations have been very fluid at all times, because Le Normand is grateful for the trust that the club has shown him, something that has been earned with much effort throughout his career in recent years, reaching an agreement to renew until 2024.
The next player to renew his contract is going to be Mikel Merino, with whom there was an agreement reached before the global coronavirus pandemic., as we already published in the Diario AS. The Navarrese will extend his link until 2025! (Ends in 2023) and will raise its termination clause to 75 million euros. The club has resumed contacts with its agent with good attunement, and it should also take a long time to reach a successful conclusion. There are also conversations with the right-back Joseba Zaldua, who ends his contract in 2023 and who also wants to renew until 2025. And then there will be the special case of Miguel Ángel Moyá, with whom Real has an option to extend his contract a one more year to continue until 2021. The club has made its intentions known, although it has not communicated anything to it, because it is waiting to mathematically confirm its presence in Europe next season.
