Club Tijuana just handed its most prized asset the keys to the franchise. Gilberto Mora, the 17-year-old attacking midfielder who has been turning heads from Liga MX to the Santiago Bernabeu scouting offices, signed a three-year contract extension on June 9, 2026, and received the iconic No. 10 shirt to go with it.
The deal and what’s inside it
The contract includes a carefully designed release clause, a mechanism meant to serve two purposes: keep Mora in Tijuana long enough to develop further while ensuring a clear exit ramp when the right European offer materializes.
Mora’s current market value sits at an estimated €10 million. But the release clause reportedly values him north of €20 million, a figure that reflects both his ceiling and the club’s negotiating leverage.
His agent framed the deal in forward-looking terms.
