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Catalan sports paper Sport claims that, with the renewals of Xavi and Busquets agreed upon last week, Barcelona will now first try to close the renewal of Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés (26).

The first talks with Valdés' father and agent were positive. Valdés, whose current contract that includes a buyout clause of 100 million euro° expires in the summer of 2010, and Barcelona would already have agreed to extend the contract until 2014.

Despite that, a final deal still seems a long way of because of the financial issue. Barcelona agrees that Valdés deserves a better contract but doesn't want to go as far as asked by the player. Although the differences are big at this moment, the positions of the two parties wouldn't be irreconcilable.

Madrid sports tabloid As claims that the negotiations look to become complicated (read more here), despite both parties having the clear will to come to an agreement.

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