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Perez signs new Barcelona contract after first-team breakthrough

Barcelona have announced that youngster Carles Perez has agreed a new three-year deal.

Perez was in the last year of his contract but has committed his future to Camp Nou through to 2022.

The forward made his first-team debut towards the end of last season, featuring in the final match of the Liga campaign against Eibar.

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He replaced Malcom in the 73rd minute of that match, becoming the eighth member of Barcelona's youth team to make a debut last term.

This season, Barcelona have already seen the debut of Ansu Fati, the 16-year-old attacker that has rapidly become an integral part of Ernesto Valverde's plans

Injuries to fellow attackers Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele have led to more opportunities for the likes of Perez and Fati this term.