Pique extends Barcelona deal until 2015

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MADRID, Feb 26, 2010 (AFP) - Barcelona defender Gerard Pique on Friday signed a three-year contract extension with the European champions that will keep him at the Spanish club until 2015.

Barcelona released no financial details of the deal, saying only that the 23-year-old Spanish international's release clause had been increased from 50 to 200 million euros (270 million US dollars).

Pique came through Barcelona's youth academy but had a stint with Manchester United from 2004 to 2008, where he struggled to break into Sir Alex Ferguson's starting XI.

The centre-back has since become a first team regular in his second spell at the Nou Camp.