How Can Barcelona Spend SO MUCH This Summer? | Explained

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In our latest Football Daily Explained we are once again turning our attention to Barcelona to question how on earth they are able to afford so many players! Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski have joined for over €100m, and more are expected to follow.
We look at the work done by President Joan Laporta and the Director of Football Mateu Alemany to slash the wage bill and move on old players, plus look at the big deals behind the scenes that all filling the clubs coughers once more. From their sponsorship with Spotify, to selling their La Liga TV rights, Barca are finding ways to fund their activity.
And, with the help of the online economist Swiss Ramble, we see why the darkest days of the club's accounts might be behind them, for now.
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[@rsen507]

The truth is in an Ideal world, Barça would never opt for these options. The only way out of the mess that Bartomeu left us in are these decisions. I will back Laporta and Alemany. They are the only ones competent enough to not sit around watching as the club keeps falling and actually take the tough decisions that no one else will. Anyways, I will keep supporting Barça no matter what happens. Win, lose or tie Barça till I die.

[@aye2you]

That's true

[@sohaibsanaan4139]

Simply put Barca are selling part of their future earnings in form of TV rights and the merchandise to help us compete with the clubs in the premier league that have been sold to multi billionaires ( complete clubs not fractions of the clubs I may add )

[@Noah-dh6se]

That is not correct. Barca sold some of their revenue while other clubs were sold to investors. A lot of them even put money into the club. I only know that the gazers take money out of the Club.

[@Dan-cr1ll]

This is going to come back and Bite barka

[@tommieblessed5890]

Cry more 🤣

[@frederickcapella6564]

Don't tell them that. They've been crying in social Media about Barca being a sell out club, when they're literally owned by Russian Oligarchs and Oil Ran state. The double standard is astonishing. Atleast Barca has buy back clauses lol

[@visalvimal6968]

Help us compete ? As if you are from Andalusia or Cataluniya. Have you been to camp nou? Bet not ! I have been there many times you donut. seen how desperate they are to make money . I can fuckin party there if I have money .

[@prateshramjohn]

Selling 25% of their TV deal is incredibly risky. Granted unless other teams make a push into the top 4, Barca are almost guaranteed UCL qualification, losing almost €40m annually for 25 years maybe have far reaching effects not yet envisioned.

[@ImGravityEU]

Sure but barca pre covid were earning almost a billion annually but then paying huge amounts out so once our new wage structure is implemented the amount of money available is actually not going to drastically change too much. Consider that 40 mill would be going out to lenglet at 14 umtiti at 12 and neto at 9 so those three players alone who won't play 1 game would be the majority of that annually for the next however many years if they weren't being forced out

[@mathiaspurner3791]

They sold only la liga tv rights.

[@TheGameMachineYT]

We still have a buy back clause for the tv rights people!

[@ryx964]

they did so to pay the short term debts to not go bankrupt and them selling their rights will help them pay their long term debts.

[@durrutino]

Believe it or not, the Barça brand will continue to be a money-making machine, and sooner or later, with the right managers, it will rebalance the balance. Time to time.

[@davidsimon7436]

Without knowing the exact numbers this could be smart business. In the short term this keeps them competitive which they rely on to service their debt, in the medium term it’ll hurt them obviously, but long term they might be saving their club from ruin. Not much else the current board could have done given how the previous board ruined the club. The way they managed to change the wage structure at the club is also impressive. While the deal is obviously not official, Kounde agreed on 6M Euro net, which is half of what Chelsea offered him. They’re moving in the right direction, however you might feel about that

[@bruh.8336]

it‘s smart business if they win trophies and get a big amount of prize money. If that‘s not the case they have to rely on TV money and merchandising (like every club except of oil clubs) which in the long term is a big problem bc they sold 25% of the tv deal. If they would get 200 million for the broadcasting every year they would lose 1250000000 over the course of the whole deal. They‘re basically gambling rn and need to have instant success for numerous seasons to benefit from that deal

[@davidsimon7436]

@@bruh.8336 gambling is a very negative word. Every club buys players and hopes they’ll bring them success. It’s really more of a risky investment. I agree that this will hurt them whether they’re successful or not in the medium term because they’ve sold a minority stake in their TV rights for the next 25 years, however, it probably was necessary to save the club. They’ve massively improved their wage structure (and are not even willing to break this structure for players like Lewandowski) which will also help them to keep their expenditure down in the seasons to come. What Barca are doing right now actually seems sensible in that it’s the best way forward. Gambling for resurrection is what they were doing with the Griezman deal

[@bruh.8336]

@@davidsimon7436 yeah i also think that this was necessary, which only shows how bad this club was run. But I‘m curious if they‘ll use the money to pay clubs like Bordeaux (I think they would be happy about 10 mil in their current state) or maybe pay the 16 million they owe frenkie (the reason theyre trying to force him out of the club) or instead just splash another 100 million for new players

[@lorenzomunisami6083]

@@bruh.8336 la Ligas are the goal

[@enrikomarku4525]

@@bruh.8336 well just so you know that 25% tv rights equals only 4% of Barca’s yearly revenue. So gambling is not the word to use here. Also just a reminder that real madrid sold 100% of their TV rights in 2006 for 1.2 billion euros and Barca sold 1/4 of that for 600 million. And Real madrid won their first UCL in 2013 wich is seven years after selling their tv rights but somehow that wasnt gambling. In concllusion Barcelona and Real Madrid are monay making machines and those TV rights are nothing compared to their other sources of income. I dont know why when it comes to Barca everybody says its bad business what they did with their TV rights when its clearly a better deal than that of their rivals. Teams like Barca, Real and ManU realistically need to be competitive for 2 to 3 years to be stable financially, they dont even need to win major trophies they just need to be competitive on all fronts

[@WillMiall]

Great job Henry, really informative and interesting

[@JohnBlessed5]

In English the Premier League teams and supporters cannot stop talking about how FC Barcelona is back and killing it in the transfer window, just killing it 😂😂😂

[@astradala1845]

Break financial fair play rules you mean?

[@bepsolo]

@@astradala1845 , it is their money and not some russian oligarhs billions or state owned oil companies billions.

[@khanyanqubelani1510]

I think this is the one video we all waited for

[@snipedotgenius]

Who saw raphinina’s goal a few hours ago ? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mrcatcake1264]

Barca don’t owe money to LFC for Coutinho. The debt was sold on

[@samotian0331]

to aston villa?

[@Leviathan123456]

That's what I thought. Barca sold the debt to a third party

[@mrcatcake1264]

@@samotian0331 no, to a 3rd party

[@jpmusson]

This was really informative

[@wolfofallstreets5901]

Thank you for finally explaining it to me.

[@davidibrokhimov409]

Thank you m. It was very very informative. Do you they are in the right direction with spending big or should they have taken conservative road like ajax doing. With the promising stars like gavi, pedri arauja, nico, garcia, and dembele. I think they could have achieved better if xavi is as skilled as ten hag who has provided not only but two teams without unknown players.

[@Nikhil-vh7qu]

Ajax generates half the money that barca does that is roughly 300 million more a year

[@davidibrokhimov409]

​@@Nikhil-vh7qu but selling those rights to get just players is massive blow. yesterday i read in football statisitcs. according to that info, barca makes around 160 million from la liga tv rights so they will be paying goldman sachs around 46 million in a year in a year. they have borrowed around 500 million. in 25 years this money will add up to roghly 1,3 billion. now, because of the increase in popularity of football, their revenue from la liga tv rights will surely increase over time. so you can do the final conclusion for yourself. remember ajax is making a lot of money through transfer sales. if barca bring you talents sell them in two or three years. they will make surely decent amount of money

[@urielmata343]

@@davidibrokhimov409 barca has to win, they cant become a club like Ajax or BVB. Barca are making these moves in order to generate money by winning titles. Also all the assets that they sold can be bought back in a few years.

[@davidibrokhimov409]

@@urielmata343 i am excited with the new signings but it's fuckking huger risk. i would rather rebuild my favorite team in two or three years rather than being build like a glass in one year that be shattered if it can't win la liga or champions league.

[@ninjabathat2792]

@@davidibrokhimov409 ty! i 100% agree and i feel like the risk we are taking is too big and something that we shouldn't be doing

[@rezaesmaili10]

Very good

[@JonathanGarcia-jw9dt]

I already know Julian nagelsmann is going to be watching this video

[@durrutino]

For Balance of transfers/expenses in the last 5 years it will not be. Premier League: -€3,968.09 million La Liga -€610.28 million

[@Abdi-libaax]

Bigger league

[@durrutino]

@@Abdi-libaax BIGGER DEBT 1. Tottenham Hotspur FC 933,4M

[@bathcat3759]

I’d be bothered if I was Frenkie. I’m owed all that money and you choose to not pay me but sign others? There’s a transfer budget and a wage budget. Eventually, if wages can’t be met through the budget, other funds have to be allocated to wages and moved from transfers. Even if they legally get around it it’s ethically wrong

[@Abdi-libaax]

They have to pay him in the end and he can fuck them up by not lowering his wages.

[@Nge7stars]

The best for De Jong to get paid fast is to sign for Man U

[@andrew_l1900]

Fast forward a few years…….Barcelona have added another billion to their debt

[@fpl_djhammer]

soon to be liquidated

[@curtischarles5299]

Crybabies..the internet is full of you all. Speaking things that you dont understand. Hiding behind the truth which really is your jealousy and fear.

[@fpl_djhammer]

@@curtischarles5299 nah

[@escape2nirvana]

@@curtischarles5299 lol triggered much ?

[@andrew_l1900]

@@curtischarles5299 😂 mate as far as laliga goes I’m a fan of Barca, I just would like them to be around in 10 years time and be debt free but I can’t see it happening

[@roberw1912]

They don't pay their players the full amount and owe millions to their players.

[@menno7349]

They obiously needed to do something drastic to change course. They'll hope the new signings will bring success, as that's what they really need to get back up. I am surpised over which players they're bringing in though. They're all well known players, that already played in Europe's major leagues. So they'll all demand relatively high wages. Would've expected more creative scouting, instead of going for the players that any football fan could've named.

[@theshafiqs863]

the players they're bringing in are not demanding huge salaries because they want to play for barca, like lewy will be earning around 9mill/year

[@owanmah2933]

Any new signings that Barca have made were made on Barca's terms, so I highly doubt anyone will be on high wages. Not to mention now is not the time for "creative scouting", Barca need success now, and only players like Lewandowski can bring that.

[@slayersp930]

@@theshafiqs863it's not that simple most deals with players are making them pay less money in the few years but paying them more in last year's, at least it is that with pique busquests alba etc

[@polo4064]

@@slayersp930 They have big salary but let's just wait until the end of this season lewa if he bangs goal he'll make money having a good term in cl will also be good wining and fighting against real next will make lots of money too having Spotify deal too alot of stars will be at the club next season so far we have seen The rock and a few big NBA stars and rugby also at the Spotify meeting we ment alot of big music stars so money will there we are getting attractive 😉 pedri Raphinia and demble all high flair players that jerseys will be sold alot can't forget bad bowy gavi and koude with lewa

[@PentonMitch99]

Barca are like the USA of sports clubs

[@adotkdo7]

They got that Spotify money

[@kikobautista2564]

Question: is Barcelona's "financial levers" structure similar to the loans that Leeds took under Risdale in the 2000s?

[@davidsimon7436]

No. Risdale’s plan was to repay the loan in part with TV money but that’s where the comparison ends really. Leeds didn’t get the Champions League TV money which was why they couldn’t repay the loan. Barca’s economic levers are selling a minority stake of the TV rights of the club. It’s not a loan they have to repay but more like a lease.

[@Nikhil-vh7qu]

bro we have net spent of 100 million on transfers which is the budget and the rest for debt repayment and we sold 8% of our revenu for the next 25 years so chill out

[@kikobautista2564]

@@davidsimon7436 Ahhh, I see. So *if* Barca's gambits fail to achieve the level of success they need, they should still be alright as a club, yes?

[@Nikhil-vh7qu]

@@kikobautista2564 they will still be the top 5 revenue generating clubs for next 25 years even if they dont buy back the TV rights

[@davidsimon7436]

@@kikobautista2564 The deals they struck will likely include clauses that would see the base value of the deals rise the more successful they are, so if they fail to get back to the top they’ll still have a lower budget in the future than otherwise, but they should be financially sound either way

[@holmbjerg]

It seems like they are already overextending again. Bringing in players on free transfers are obviously shrewed, but then they go and spend €50 m. on Jules Koundé, when they had already brought in Christensen for the CB position and already had Araujo, Garcia and Pique. It is going back to the old ways of lavish spending, just to make 'statements'. That's unethical when combined with the fact that they have forced players out of the club.

[@denzelalfred4469]

Finally Football Daily gets something right about barca! Excellent explanation, keep up the good work.

[@jhaych]

Corruption and selling off their future.

[@cullermann2]

right. selling 5 percent of your annual revenue is selling your whole future.

[@saliaabass]

If Messi comes back in 2023 more money will definitely come back to the team and he will definitely be on lower wages than before

[@Quattro_Joe]

Barca literally going all in or very very bust. I’m surprised none of the banks have blown a fuse Callin in debts

[@shahedali02]

A lot of clubs are actually in debt But Barcelonas just came to light (Obviously it isn’t as much as Barcelonas)

[@123anaya14]

Something else that needs to be stated is that the TV rights deal involves an option to buy back their own TV rights as to where many people assume it's gone and can't be regained

[@daraghmcquaid3277]

They have to buy it back at the revalued price tho, so as the tv rights increase it’ll become more expensive to buy back

[@VAFFANFEDE18]

This will not happen. If you need 200 million to pay players you will not have 250 millions to spare to buy the rights back

[@daraghmcquaid3277]

@@VAFFANFEDE18 their hope is with the players they’ve bought they can be successful enough to regain the lost revenue as well as creating a much from sponsorship as possible. I’m not saying it’ll work but they’ve just given themselves longer time to get out of the debt

[@aviralsrivastava6959]

@@daraghmcquaid3277 no it will take the remaining year's

[@collin8915]

@@aviralsrivastava6959 yeah but the "value" of the TV rights will also likely increase year on year as well meaning that cost to buy them back will not see a drastic decline from it's original coat until there's roughly 10 years or less left on it if not later.

[@TeenageJesusSuperstr]

There was no mention of the super league here. Is it not part of the risky strategy? Sell the broadcasting rights whilst hedging on the super league to recover that loss?

[@riichobamin7612]

Why on Earth is Barcelona buying new players if they cannot pay, or refuse to pay, the wages of their current one ? Such a despicable club !!!

[@knawaz7249]

Premier league fans don't mind war criminals, money launderers and tax evaders but can't help but feel disgusted at how Barcelona is run lol

[@khanyotshijila4850]

Bro stop it. You guys complain about PSG and Man City about fair play but when it concerns barca or real it's not big deal and feel like they being picked on. There's dirty money everywhere in football don't even try to use the 'oil money' cop out.

[@aviralsrivastava6959]

@@khanyotshijila4850 what dirty move is this they have sell their assets to get money so they can win trophies and make more money from elsewhere

[@khanyotshijila4850]

@@aviralsrivastava6959 I never said it was a bad thing. But what I'm saying is that there's dirty money everywhere in football and no one should hold a moral high ground. For instance barca dropped unicef as their sponsor for Qatar foundation, which is owned by the same people who own psg. All I'm saying stop calling Premier League owners as war criminals and pretending that they are these villains and barca and real are these saints.

[@mrcatcake1264]

Let’s face it, Barca are dodgy af. No other team conducts themselves in this way, and the mystery is how they’re allowed to get away with it so flagrantly

[@vaszi101]

cuz they know either the Spanish government or especially the Catalonian regional government will bail them out. they probably already are doing it secretly. why do you think barcelona is so political? do you think they’d do it in this age if it didn’t benefit them somehow? no it’s probably because an independent Catalonian government would benefit barcelona financially. Arsene wenger said this years ago. (and La Liga won’t kick them out. it’s very detrimental for La Liga if they do this.).

[@cullermann2]

the whole la liga with the exception of Real Madrid have agreed to sell of their TV rights for 50 years. but sure, only barca has the audacity to sell of tv rights, how can that be allowed..

[@owanmah2933]

Barca sold their TV rights and are now using that money to buy stuff????? How incredibly dodgy, someone investigate them please!!!!!

[@lainodn]

"Dodgy", or rather, beyond your puny understanding.

[@mrcatcake1264]

@@lainodn nah dodgy af, bit like yourself 👍

[@k1llsk]

if Barca spend 250m i thinks its only fair for their books to be checked

[@sleevemcdichael5841]

The club has learned nothing and will be bankrupt again within a decade but probably less. They'll continue signing aging stars on stupid salaries and spunking huge fees on players they don't even need just as before. A clown of a club indeed.

[@mangshu21]

@@sleevemcdichael5841 salty much?

[@sleevemcdichael5841]

@@mangshu21 It is Barca fans who are salty, especially when you point out truths about their club. Truly the worst fans in the world.

[@sakxa1964]

@@sleevemcdichael5841 why would Barca fan be salty when they sign all player's they needed. English men are really salty these days

[@sleevemcdichael5841]

@@sakxa1964 They get salty about people being critical of their club. It has nothing to do with signings. Honestly though all their signings bar Lewandowski are pretty underwhelming, they are average players.

[@timjim875]

As a United fan I’d rather go for Fabien Ruiz for Napoli especially with 1 year left on he’s contract de Jong should cost more than 60 mill considering Barca Need to sell

[@a_moneypound]

I think Matheus Nunes would be a better alternative than Ruiz

[@polo4064]

Manchester united are also in depth going for fabion is a good deal too next season maybe xavi will to as well he's a good player too

[@tinofaratinashemukakaso5632]

We are Barca

[@randomcon123]

Can’t wait to see Lewandolski being forced to halve his salary to help wit the clubs finances lol

[@adrienfut3574]

Lewandowski took a pay cut to play for barca. Don’t compare barca and Madrid to your average oil premier league club. The history is just too much

[@sakxa1964]

Kounde, kessie, lewa, Christensen, raphinha all took paycut to play for Barca even tho Chelsea offered them more. Level bitches

[@shootwithaws5185]

Bruh this is a clear violation of the finance fair play rule which is useless to begin with

[@Joasoze]

Selling future income now, that will be fun in a few years

[@haydn1708]

It should also be noted that the merchandising and TV rights levers have a buyback clause, meaning that should the club find its footing once again it can repurchase the rights. Although these seem like drastic measures, not doing anything would be a sure fire way to economic ruin.

[@surpriserakins9067]

Yes but they have to have the money to buy back

[@mainchannel1566]

"not doing anything" is exactly what they should have done. Do not sign any new players until you can pay 100% of the deferred wages of current/past players. If they did that they would not have to sell off so many assets.

[@owanmah2933]

@@mainchannel1566 Right. Don't do anything and continue with your mediocre squad getting kicked down to the europa league again thus loosing out on hundreds of millions of TV revenue thus ending the season with even more losses and now u desperately need money so you're gonna have to sell all your young talents and now your team is even worse and you essentially become AC Milan for the next 10 years. Right.

[@mistyapple85]

Barca just playing with Monopoly money at this point.

[@bmurray1986able]

Still never understood Messi crying about leaving Barca how he didnt wanto go.. Messi should've and could've played for free

[@chavinho7793]

I wonder what kind of effect selling 25% of their TV rights will have

[@escape2nirvana]

Less profit, so even if they win something they’ll see less money added to their accounts which in the long term will slowly lessen their ability to buy players. So they’re really gambling for short term high success over their future

[@adrienfut3574]

It’s just la liga tv rights. They’ll just have to be competitive in Europe and will still earn more money

[@christianbruvik]

They hacking

[@sindisek17]

They are selling their future. for what? Maybe this year or next year succes. They domt have money to pay their debts and they are spending milions on another players it is just funny. They are in football just through some loopholes which they can use once maybe twice i dont think this is good for them they are in very big dangerous

[@cullermann2]

stop with this future selling bullshit. its around 5 percent of their annual revenue they have sold now. for 25 years with buyback rights. did you cry like that when the whole la liga sold their tv rights for 50 years? or did you just not give a fuck because it wasnt barcelona doing it?

[@lionellow105]

You guys who dont watch laliga keep running your mouth. Laliga literally proposed to every club to sell their tv rights for 50 years. But sure barca selling for more for just 25 years is selling our future.

[@sindisek17]

@@lionellow105 man i watch only la liga and that you have the option doesnt mean it is the right one. You sell your rights you have less money in future thats the fact. When you should make 100 mil in nex 25 years and you sell 50% of it you have only 50 easy math. When you have to sell this just to get money quickly to cover your soendings a debts it is problem and big one. And if you sell it is not the biggest problem if you dont have debts and problems like Barcelona. They owe where you look. The owe to Suarez,Pique,Busquets,Roberto,Do Jong then they owe to Liverpool,Rennes and more and more and instead of oaying some of this debts they rather spent more than 100 mil on transfer and plan to buy Kounde and Bernardo Silva it is just joke to me

[@aviralsrivastava6959]

@@sindisek17 why we owe money to Suarez he is gone and we generate the most revenue in football

[@sindisek17]

@@aviralsrivastava6959 just read it they owe him for his salary like they owe Pique,Busquets and Roberto. I get they want to win and for that they have to make transfers but when you owe you players this much in salary it is just mad for me

[@niyiogunro]

They never learn lol

[@special-t-419onurbandictio9]

It's like your reading my fucking mind

[@ejaylala1]

I don’t see how this ends well. It just seem like a lot of careless financial decisions are being made. They still need to do something about renovating the stadium.

[@urielmata343]

Its not careless, they had a meeting with all the members of the club. Plus thw renovations are already underway thanks to the levers. Barca will play in a different stadium in the 23-24 season

[@escape2nirvana]

@@urielmata343 keep coping

[@urielmata343]

@@escape2nirvana coping?

[@escape2nirvana]

@@urielmata343 cope? You’re coping so hard trying not to acknowledge how much of a shit situation Barca actually are. If they don’t have instant success they will suffer a lot

[@thabisokevinmbili9158]

Don't worry about their stadium, it's not rotting like Old Trafford

[@ishanmisra7472]

3rd at best

[@lijah_3008]

I still can’t understand why they’ve just spent 60ms on Raphina after spending 50 on Ferran just a year ago

[@kyrip]

Re sale. It's an investment in both players. Both are great players and will be sold for more in the future

[@astradala1845]

@@kyrip you fail to understand. They are massively in debt, they shouldn’t be able to buy players

[@kyrip]

@@astradala1845 but we can spend. We've brought in over 500 million in revenue from selling tv rights, merchandising rights and a Spotify deal

[@astradala1845]

@@kyrip You are over 1B in debt you still owe several clubs close to 150m and you have outstanding wages for other players. Barca are broke.

[@kyrip]

@@astradala1845 Barcelona are not broke, the club hasn't run out of money What you mean, is they are in serious debt but with revenue from selling rights and the Spotify deal income has come in Barcelona though need to sell players now

[@Drunken_Master]

Can't wait to see Barcelona in administration...

[@nicolasceronm.1678]

Bet it makes you smile, to bad its just your pathetic dream.

[@efibrilovski6374]

you could have summed it up in two words... cash flow, Barcelona can never be in financial problems due to the vast assets they accumulated in the past 50 years!!! they managed their cash flow and some other issues poorly forcing them to adjust the control of their assets, but they are not in any financial problems!!

[@gropatapouf5998]

The worst is behind? Is this a joke? They've jeopardised their future, the club is officially dead

[@lairdlife5281]

They should not be allowed too purchase more players till they have paid for the ones they already got it’s a complete disgrace.

[@isaacfurlonge2755]

Madrid fan or Chelsea? 🤣

[@lairdlife5281]

@@isaacfurlonge2755 🤣🤣 do you not agree with me?

[@jacobmajid1048]

The deferred Wages that De jong is owed are set to be paid all the way to 2026 and the player agreed to that so it’s not like it’s due this year

[@GeliCarlosJ]

I bet this will be a yearly occurrence where Barca sell some rights to something of theirs for money now as well as hope some players take pay cuts or agree to being sold for some money so that they can continue signing more aging players on high wages while continuously piling up debt or at the least not reducing their amount of debt

[@Panjax]

Seriously. Maybe I'm just wrong but does nobody else see the freight train heading their way? they're signing up superstars on deferred wages which means it will get more expensive later. And they're selling off future revenue streams for cash injections now to get these players. At some point their wage bill will go up as all the deferred wages kick in and their revenue will be down because they already sold some of it off, that sounds like a crash waiting to happen.

[@RM-xk6iu]

@@Panjax further proof Barcelona is run by clueless clowns. I find it unbelievable they are doing this

[@urielmata343]

Who said they're signing superstars on differed wages? All the players that have come have accepted less money than what they would be paid in other clubs. Lewandowski accepted a 9M salary and will decrease in the last 2 years of his contract. Raphina, Christensen and Kessie are all on a 6M salary or less. The barca board have made it practically a las that no player will earn more than 10M. All the players that have increasing contracts were signed by the previous board.

[@sleevemcdichael5841]

I bet no players who accepted deferred wages will receive a penny without going to court first. Any player signing for Barca shows they are not very smart and have no understanding of the mess the club is still in and will continue to be in until they accept their situation.

[@txeazy]

@@sleevemcdichael5841 why do you guys act like you know everything?

[@dequanmsealey1356]

Aubameyang and Pedri saved them last season

[@cokezzz8249]

How dare Xavi disrespect Goatwaithe 🐐

[@astradala1845]

Basically they are above the rules. Club breaks rules. But they above them. It’s a joke.

[@r___n___]

People will never understand that all clubs have debts. It's just that Barcelona suffered because of the previous administration's abuse. Their salary structure was a mess with high salaries to useless players. Now, they have to sell percentage these departments to have money to be alive for the moment. With this, they will still earn tickets, jersey sales, more money if they win tournaments.

[@DjDolHaus86]

Magic money bag, got it

[@henrim9348]

FCB is the biggest brand or maybe the biggest business out of Catalonia. Am I right? wrong? Its product (futbol) entertains over 1billion people every week around the world. Its product has given Spain World cups, Euros, ... etc. With a little bit of financial savvy and rigor, it could easily become a cash cow. It is now owned by country (PSG) or anarcho capitalist billionaires (Walmart heirs, ...) or Oil Oligarchs (ex Chelsea) who can print their own money.

[@rspbgaming8147]

Cheating basically...

[@Nikhil-vh7qu]

like perm owner injecting money but something decided by the fans

[@oscaraquino7468]

But when prem clubs use sports washing and have billionaire owners it’s fair ? 😂😂

[@rspbgaming8147]

@@oscaraquino7468 nope I'm in agreement with you.

[@ashithnirmal50]

@@oscaraquino7468 just wait until Arab countries go into war, you can see the English fans and media's morals glowing all of the sudden and asking man city owners to sell team, until then they have no problem🤣🤣

[@oscaraquino7468]

@@rspbgaming8147 Alright then atleast barca as a club are putting their own entity in danger though with strategy unlike prem clubs who merely sell their “soul” and essence for money while people are oppressed for it. Barca is admirable in the aspect that it’s not willing to do such things and would rather have more fan input.

[@emekaamadi8699]

So basically they're just postponing their debts

[@mxn5132]

Basically yes. For a club like Barcelona with the revenue they bring in which is higher every other club itw, those debts will be balanced in 4-5 years, the rights we sold we be regained at a loss but that loss can be recuperated in about 2 years and depending on the sporting success the club has, the time frame would be much lower. the UCL, La Liga, and other domestic trophies alone bring in north of over 250m a season excluding ticket sale. Our ticket sales would drop for short wile until 2024-25 when the Espai Barca project will be completed. Espai Barca pays for itself over time as well but it would also bring a lot more revenue. My predictions are that by 2025 the clubs will generate revenue north of 1.2b every year.

[@charismajayamandalaputra4551]

La liga give them money

[@CamPerry93]

Don't put the blame on one man it was the entire organization

[@tommieblessed5890]

Lol, I can remember back in 2017 when Pat was saying Barcelona is comfortably the dumbest club in world football on Sunday vibes . His words are aging like scotch now 💀

[@razaali4616]

Well 2017 vs now is a different story. We were easily the dumbest club in the world back in 2017.

[@janniknielsen9292]

@@razaali4616 Now yet even dumber.

[@SwifferTWetJetMop]

Barca is that spoiled rich kid that can’t handle not being at the top and solves all their problems by spending more money, not a great strategy when you’re in debt. If they don’t play their cards right things will only get worse. Selling their long term future gains in order to stay competitive now and lower their current debt could work, or it could just blow up in their faces and put them further in the hole. Should be interesting to watch over the coming years.

[@VAFFANFEDE18]

Because they were given money they still have to own. But next year the situation will be the same so will they sell again? In 4 years by selling 25% of 25yeara TV rights they end up with having no TV income for the following 29 years. After that what will they sell? The name Barcelona to be called "Coca Cola Catalunya"?

[@cullermann2]

they sold 25 percent of the tv rights of la liga. thats roughly 5 percent of their overall annual revenue. at the same time they actively work on massively reducing the operating costs - partly succesful so far (players dont get contracts that exceed 10 mill per year and unloading some of the deadwood squad players)

[@mutungiedmund2355]

Barcelona Fc have sent well

[@janniknielsen9292]

Barcelona is like that guy that owes everyone money, takes more loans to spend more money, while he asks those who love him to refer the loans he owes them, saying he is in a financial rough spot, only to proceed spending. It's no wonder Barcelona is rapidly becoming the most hated club in the world.

[@durrutino]

"the people don't like" FCB, just as don't like Lewandoski, Raphina, KOUNDÉ, being signed by barça. YOU won't like FCB, to YOU. Speak for YOURSELF. FCB is one of the two clubs with the most followers/lovers in the world, and Chelsie is not even in the top 10. Try again. Levers don't move on their own if there isn't a gear machinery behind them that keeps everything normal running.

[@janniknielsen9292]

@@durrutino I don't care whom they sign. It is how they are going about their business as explained. The levers work, because there are so many people in influence that holds interest in keeping Barcelona afloat, including the players taking a paycut. However, it is pretty risky business, and quite honestly I thought they would have been better off by focusing on La Masia while they were rebuilding not only the squad, but also their finances and tainted image. Now they are using the "levers" for more spending, which got them in the bad spot in the first place, along with Covid. Circus club, and no team building, just player juggling to impress the public perception, hoping they will not crash and burn. Barcelona is a highly unethical club and has been for years. It's very hard not to dislike them, even if they are at large irrelevant as an elite club nowadays.

[@saliaabass]

I believe Barca is doing signings now to be competitive in order to avoid signing players for at least the next two seasons to boost the club finances.

[@mxn5132]

A sensible comment finally!

[@mxn5132]

Most people fail to see the youth in our squad. In attack we have Ferran 21 Fati 19 Dembele 25 Raphinha 25 Collado 23 Abde 20 In midfield Pedri 19 Gavi 17 Frenkie 25 Pablo Torre 19 Nico 20 Kessie 25 Puig 22 In defence Araujo 23 Kounde 23 Garcia 21 Dest 21 Balde 18 Christensen 26 In GK Inaki Pena 23 Arnau Tenas 21

[@rashidkhalid3970]

Spian are just trying keep la liga relevant and make el classio look spectacular

[@LORDFIGO]

All this shows Uefa an FFP corruption helping Barcelona In the shadows

[@fpl_djhammer]

corruption, human trafficking and a sprinkle of the dark arts that's how

[@PedriSZN0308]

Cry

[@Quattro_Joe]

Human trafficking is a stretch

[@ashithnirmal50]

Are you talking about chelsea or man city or psg?

[@oscaraquino7468]

Those are prem clubs

[@fpl_djhammer]

@@PedriSZN0308 nah think I'll pass thanks

[@TheDough19]

This is why my love for this game have disappeared. Don't feel like all clubs are being fairly judge. Where is the financial fair play ? How can the be allowed to sign players when players and clubs don't have got their money ? I think of the clubs that where so in to superLeague or what the name was. Give the teams 2 years ban from all European completion. No option to buy players and see if somebody else try to make more money in this way again. No hard punishment for me. It's just that it must be fair to all clubs, other teams are getting banned or warned of financial fair play if the sign someone and don't sell. Still don't know how this is possible. I just hope that the players the want to get rid of stays in Barca so the can't register the new players. Would be fair and give hope to the rest of the football world. Just take the so called super leauge. Why ain't anybody getting any punishment ? O that's right this is a new game who is called monopoly football. We can't punish teams that are big teams..but smaller teams would get a beating if the did this. That's why I think football is fu,,ed up. And I'm a big fan of this game since I was 9/10 and today I'm 35. i have played the game and I'm a coach that have a break because I think the game of football is dead. It's now monopoly themed football. Peace from Sweden

[@caven7056]

Shut up

[@Nge7stars]

I think you don’t understand what financial fair play means, that has nothing to do with Barcelona situation. Barca is a top team in revenue every year, the debs they have is with banks, has nothing to do with football. And they’re now owing money to clubs because they refused to pay, is called instalments, all clubs in Europe do it, nobody pays cash anymore.

[@arturo-ph2kk]

Where is Javier tebas when the ridiculous spending is happening under his own nose, he sure seem to start chirping when it's psg or man city doing some spending

[@ataladin87]

Neither those clubs have the history that allows them to so proudly spend that much money. What's the point of buying a team to win ucl, when you can just pay to Win??

[@Nikhil-vh7qu]

Barca is not the top spender and the player are taking less money than the market value for Wages

[@bobolow221]

They are so short sighted it's unbelievable

[@TheangryC.F.C]

Brokalona! 😂😂😂

[@alecjohnson5269]

And they call city corrupt 😂😂😂 Barca bent as FCUK

[@bepsolo]

At least it is their money and not some russinian oligarhs billions or some state owned oil money. it is their future money and they have the rights to spend it the way they like. They are not breaking any rules here, period.

[@collin8915]

It cracks me up that everyone crucifies Bartimeu and blames it all on him while praising Laporta as a Savior. While there's been almost no change in recruitment strategy and they are still paying over market value for who are either limited or will have little to no market value at the end of their contracts. They've mortgaged the future of the club while basically continuing the strategy of the last regime. Seems like a recipe for disaster to me.

[@nicolasceronm.1678]

You have to be really ignorant to believe that there has been no change in strategy, after bartomeu spent 250+ million euros in transfers that were not even requested by the coach and gave yearly INCREASING contracts to aging players at the same time as he neglected younger player's contracts and brought in unknown Brazilian s every summer. We are ralking about a man that payed journalists and hired internet troll accounts to slander players and political opponets with the club's OWN MONEY. If Laporta's salary cap driven strategy that focuses on signings requested directly by the coaching staff, priorizing free agents above all looks the same as Bartomeu's strategy you are insane.

[@JonnyFireFC]

Since Laporta has been in this current term, Memphis, to a degree Aubameyang, Christensen and Kessie were all signed on as free transfers. That's something that would have been unheard of during Bartomeu's tenure. Don't be so blinded by the transfer figures of Lewandowski, Raphinha and Ferran Torres to not see the difference. Also forgot to mention that every signing made under Laporta has been on much lower wages than what Bartomeu was giving to players. Barcelona being in a much more competitive position now is only going to help them financially as a lot of money will be recouped from competition prize money thanks to having a board that takes into account the coach's input as opposed to Bartomeu blindly signing players without any sort of consent from the coaching staff.

[@curtischarles5299]

Barcelona raised 600 million through the tv rights only but spent 100 million. What's with this spending so much nonsense?

[@oleratomokoka7955]

Barca could be a cartel for all we know. Messi left cause he didn't want to get his hands dirty. But no seriously, what sorcery is Laporta using

[@escape2nirvana]

Laporta was a failed politician and lawyer, probably a really scummy guy

[@jesu_ss4977]

Nah Frenkie ain’t going anywhere

[@john-hk5pu]

I hope city dont sell Bernardo Silva. He's one of our key players

[@lordbendtner6404]

First

[@vengefulhero]

Can’t wait to see all their new players in the Europa League.

[@marcusholloway8925]

I hate to say it but this sounds like leeds part 2

[@alecjohnson5269]

CITY BETTER AND RICHER THAN BARCA

[@rickenfatania]

how are Man City a CL rival? They used to be nowhere Barca now they're a world away. Even with all these new signings I doubt Barca will be a threat domestically anytime soon never mind in Europe.

[@eldenbleach]

Next leeds in the making lol

[@VisionofTomo]

Poor Frankie. Can't even get money owed to him. I hope everything fails at Barcelona and they get deducted 100 points. Like any business if it fails it fails. Barcelona won't be at the top level in a decade of they keep this up

[@thegrimreaper4517]

First