Yamal's agency asked Barcelona to make this young player the highest paid player in the team. They believe that Yamal's performance should get the highest salary in the team.

The club understands the request of Yamal's agency team, but said that it will not use the two highest paid players in the team, Lewandowski and De Jong, as a reference standard. Barcelona believes that the salary contracts of these two players were signed in the past, and the situation is different now. They do not want history to repeat itself.

According to previous reports, Lewandowski's annual salary at Barcelona exceeds 33 million euros, the highest salary in La Liga; while De Jong's annual salary is 19 million euros.