Barcelona set £435m release clause

FC Barcelona’s official position on Pau Cubarsí is already on the record: the club said on February 13, 2025 that the defender signed a contract extension through June 30, 2029. Barcelona did not announce a new May 2026 extension in the material reviewed, but its earlier statements show Cubarsí’s deal includes a €500 million buyout clause — roughly £435 million at current exchange rates. Tribuna.com reported on May 19, 2026 that the clause had cooled interest from Chelsea and Tottenham. Barcelona’s own contract announcements show the figure itself is not new. ### When did Barcelona actually set Cubarsí’s clause? FC Barcelona said on May 9, 2024 that Cubarsí had agreed to extend his contract through June 30, 2027 and that “the player’s buyout clause has been set at 500 million euros.” That is the clearest official statement tying the player to the €500 million number. February 13, 2025 brought a second official update. (fcbarcelona.com) Barcelona said then that Cubarsí had agreed another extension, this time through June 30, 2029. The club’s announcement did not change the headline point that he had already been tied to a very high buyout figure in prior reporting and official club material. ### Is £435 million a new clause or a sterling conversion? (fcbarcelona.com) The £435 million figure appears to be the sterling equivalent of Barcelona’s €500 million buyout clause. Tribuna’s May 19 report used pounds, while Barcelona’s own contract announcement used euros. That means the number in circulation is best understood as a currency conversion, not evidence of a fresh clause being filed this week. (fcbarcelona.com) Tribuna said Chelsea and Tottenham had pursued the center back before the clause effectively shut down that route. The report did not cite an official statement from either Premier League club. ### What has Barcelona said publicly about Cubarsí’s status? Barcelona’s player page identifies Cubarsí as a La Masia product who arrived from Girona on July 1, 2018 and broke into the first team during the 2023-24 season. (tribuna.com) The club has presented him as part of its long-term first-team core in successive contract updates. The February 2025 contract announcement also said Cubarsí signed the extension alongside club president Joan Laporta, vice-president Rafa Yuste and director of football Deco. (tribuna.com) That underlined the level of senior backing around the renewal. ### Why do these clauses matter so much in Spain? La Liga contracts commonly include buyout clauses, and Barcelona has used them before in completed transfers. (fcbarcelona.com) The club said on June 18, 2025 that it activated Joan Garcia’s €25 million release clause plus CPI to sign the player. That offers a recent example of the mechanism working exactly as written. A €500 million clause does not prevent transfer talks, but it sets the formal exit price at a level that makes a forced move highly unlikely. (penyes.fcbarcelona.com) That reading is an inference from the size of the clause and from Barcelona’s own use of release clauses in other deals. ### So what is the cleanest reading of the May 19 report? May 19, 2026 is the date Tribuna reported that Cubarsí’s clause had cooled Chelsea and Tottenham interest. (fcbarcelona.com) The underlying contract facts available from Barcelona indicate the player is already signed through June 30, 2029, and that the buyout figure attached to him has been listed at €500 million since at least May 2024. (fcbarcelona.com) June 30, 2029 is the next hard date in the story based on Barcelona’s official contract page. Any further movement would likely come through a club statement, a filing tied to a new extension, or a transfer-window approach from named clubs. (fcbarcelona.com) (tribuna.com)