Barca\\\'s Montoya extends deal until 2018

March 23, 2014 00:00:00

SPAIN: Barcelona\'s Brazilian forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior (centre) taking part in a training session at the Sports Centre FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona Saturday, on the eve of the Spanish league football match Real

MADRID, Mar 22 (AFP): Barcelona full-back Martin Montoya has agreed a deal with the club to extend his contract until the end of the 2017/18 season.

The Spanish under-21 international had been free to talk to other clubs since January as his previous deal expires at the end of the current campaign and had reportedly attracted interest from a number of English Premier League clubs, including Liverpool. However, he has put an end to speculation over his future by penning a new deal which includes a buy-out clause of 20 million euros ($27.6 million).

Montoya has made 53 appearances for the Catalans since graduating to the first-team squad from the club's academy in 2012.