Barcelona completes contract extension with Uruguay international defender Ronald Araújo..

Barcelona announced on its official website on Thursday that the club has extended the contract of its Uruguay international defender Ronald Araújo.

According to Barcelona's official statement, Araújo has signed on a new long-term six-and-a-half-year deal with the club which runs until the summer of 2031.

With this contract extension, it also confirms that rumours claiming that Araújo "may" join Manchester United are indeed fake news.

About Ronald Araújo

Araújo, 25, was born on March 7, 1999 in Rivera, Uruguay. He is 1.90 meters tall and primarily plays as a center back. He can also play as a right back. He has the nationalities of Uruguay, Brazil and Spain.

Araújo joined the youth academy his hometown club Huracán de Rivera since he was a child. In 2015, he joined the Rentistas youth academy and completed his Huracán de Rivera first-team by coming on as a substitute in September of the following year.

In July 2017, Araújo moved to Boston River for €250,000, and attracted the attention of many major European clubs with his outstanding performances.

In August of the following year, Araújo joined Barcelona for €5.2 million.

He was first arranged to play for the Barcelona B team, before completing his Barcelona first-team debut by coming on as a substitute in October 2019.

Since becoming a member of the Blaugrana, Araújo has played 155 times for Barcelona in all competitions so far, scoring 8 goals and assiting 6 times. During which he has won the La Liga once, the Copa Del Rey once and the Supercopa de España twice with the club.