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Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona central defender and captain Carles Puyol (30), Barcelona midfielder Xavi (28) and Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés (26) will be offered a contract renewal until 2014.

Together with Messi, Iniesta and Bojan, who already renewed their contract, those three players should become the core of the future team.

The first talks with Xavi have already taken place (read more here) and the real negotiations will start later this month.

Read more:
Renewal talks coming up
Puyol and Valdes next on renewal list
First renewal talks with Xavi