Who owns Barcelona?

[@rubhanrafi1177]

Interestingly this 3 year rule for becoming a socio was removed in just the last General assembly of the club in addition to making the membership completely digital for fans across the world

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

They planned to do this almost decade ago during Laporta previous tenure.

[@rohit2571]

So, How to become a socio?

[@rubhanrafi1177]

@@kidpagronprimsank05 yep they planned many things but then Rosell and Bartomeu destroyed everything

[@rubhanrafi1177]

@@rohit2571 I think through the app or the website one can become a socio.

[@TheRiyad1]

Good way to raise money and completely destroy the link the club has to its native local area. Imagine an Indian from Bombai now has a say in Barecelona, absolute bonkers.

[@ezh2612]

In Sweden we have the 51%-rule, all clubs must by law be atleast 51% fan owned so that the fans always have the final say. Most clubs are still 100% fan owned though.

[@alexanderchronos8694]

That;s the way it should be

[@jansun1781]

Same in the Bundesliga

[@alcoyne3333333333333]

I respect that very much it should be the same every where..

[@AM2K2]

@@jansun1781 Bundesliga still hire a ref who was convicted of match fixing 😂

[@otherwize12]

@@AM2K2 How is that relevant to this topic?

[@mohammed_99]

Every club should be owned by its fans

[@bilalahmedshariff5576]

Agree

[@IR._]

I think Germany has an ideal model where you get the best of both worlds - fan (majority) ownership along with all the benefits that come with being a (partly) private entity

[@Random17Game]

Porto, Benfica and Sporting are also fan-owned, my father is as a matter of fact a ''sócio''

[@12thMandalorian]

We need a video on how TIFO would solve the Financial issues at Barcelona

[@bilalahmedshariff5576]

Agreed

[@nj-kh5vw]

Bump

[@vincentfontanez9334]

🤣🤣🤣

[@a.k8069]

It's essentially everything Barcelona is doing. Get rid of the high wage bill, give opportunities to young players (in hopes of cycling out older expensive players) , and make the system good enough to work without any “One” player.

[@eesafredericks2122]

B

[@srijanpandey5238]

As have many other clubs, in these trying times, La Masia, smart scouting and yes great coaching is the only solution. We have make stars and keep ourselves commercially relevant in the market. Players like pedri, ansu, etc. are a step in the right direction and the free agent market is another one. Inspite all that the team does need a leader who can take the ship through the storm for the next 2-3 years.

[@nikhilpratapsingh6631]

Pedri isn't a la masia product

[@srijanpandey5238]

@@nikhilpratapsingh6631 I know that, mate.

[@TheDepressedChemist]

@@nikhilpratapsingh6631 he said la masia AND smart scouting and good coaching. Pedri was/ is definitely smart scouting so he's not wrong

[@nikhilpratapsingh6631]

@@TheDepressedChemist Well Dembele , Coutinho n Griezzman were some scouting too back in the day so yes we can say that this is really an upgrade over it 😆 just kidding don't mind it

[@diamond3178]

nepali honi

[@cr33p59]

Tifo always comes up with the videos I never knew I needed

[@bilalahmedshariff5576]

Same

[@jeffersonlerma3090]

The real owner is Bayern Munich and Muller

[@kxder69]

You dont need this the owner is Thomassist Muller that plays for the best club in the world called Bayern

[@CJVP99]

Please make a video on Prime R9 I feel like his story isn’t talked about enough. People don’t understand that in his prime (pre injury) he was basically Neymar, Messi, CR7, Mbappe all rolled into one player

[@LFC_fan7]

What has Mbappe got that cr7, Messi and Neymar don’t have?

[@CJVP99]

@@LFC_fan7 speed

[@LFC_fan7]

@@CJVP99 prime Messi and Ronaldo both had that, in fact any player could have that

[@CJVP99]

@@LFC_fan7 lol you’re clearly not too educated on the sport Messi never had green pace he had great short burst acceleration big difference and although CR7 was fast he was never faster than prime R9 with our without the ball, Mbappe is very close to R9’s pace without the ball but lacks his pace with the ball. R9 was just a different animal, think Neymar’s skills, Mbappes shear pace, CR7’s frame. Messi’s control and dribbling and you have R9

[@midfielderlounge2592]

@@CJVP99 stoichov was faster than r9 he himself said that

[@skunkboy72]

Could you do a video on how Real Madrid hasn't faced the same woes as Barca? They are fan owned as well but haven't faced the same financial or on-field problems

[@justincovert6943]

Its long suspected there not fan owned. But owned by the Spanish govt

[@HTProducer]

@@justincovert6943 Lol it's absolutely not true

[@tave6202]

Bayern can do it. The only difference is that Bayern is a well run club, while Barcelona is incredibly mismanaged. Bayern rarely break the bank, while it is now customary at Barça to throw money away on any player whether needed or not.

[@bumpycat3698]

bayern is a german type of fan owned. they still receive investment, barcelona is completely reliant on their own revenues.

[@ShivSai123456]

Bayern is half owned by investors

[@tave6202]

Barcelona also was the highest grossing club for several years, and has been in the top 3-5 for a long time at this point, it's not like revenue ever was really a problem for Barça. At least not until we started offering insanely high wages and making absurd transfers every year. Fans still control the majority of what happens at Bayern. And the point is more about the difference between the board and presidency of the two clubs, one being exceptional and the other downright inept. There is no reason why Barça couldn't be in the same or a way better position than Bayern is in right now other than mismanagement.

[@freshd6278]

@@ShivSai123456 25%. 75% lie with members/ the club. 51% are mandatory in germany so controll can never lie with an investor.

[@miquelcanosasanteularia1678]

@@bumpycat3698 Furthermore Bundesliga is a joke

[@geetgodawat3973]

Barca is more than a club, yes it has it's flaws but it is beautiful. I'll always admire it's principles and it's philosophy. Visca el Barca❤️

[@kxder69]

Muller Owns your club

[@cesarurzua8234]

Origi owns your club

[@daniaaal]

@@kxder69 Muller sucks at paying debts in that case

[@daniaaal]

@@cesarurzua8234 tell Origi to fix the bathroom stalls

[@sarangparate1496]

Daniel Rosli ended the career of Kxder and Cesar in the comment section

[@mustafaabdulsahib9317]

i always wondered how does real and barca ownership works, please make more videos like these, is shalke the same? what about bayern, how did red bull own rb leipzig

[@homosapien5156]

Red Bull essentially by pass the 50+1 rule by making Red Bull employees the the owners of the shares of the club.

[@iwandoherty3419]

Bayern runs on the 50+1 rule so in practice is fan controlled but it's owned privately. Mutual Interest Media has done a few articles on fan owned clubs

[@almondeye-a9950]

Theres a video on that...look up the german 50 plus 1 rule...about leipzig and all others is there

[@JF1908x]

Are you being serious? Red Bull destroyed an amateur club and turned them in to RB Leipzig. They are a cancer upon football.

[@djeieakekseki2058]

JF1908x at least they are challenging Bayern and they are managed quite well.

[@lasa0031]

Barca had a golden generation. They need to plbe patient and slowly build another. No need to always try to be at the top of europe you have to temper your expectations.

[@Ro-uk7ml]

I think that's what all Barcelona fans are slowly starting to realize now. Over the last few years we've been a shadow of our former selves. Were not the club under Pep Guardiola anymore, and we have to accept that and move forward. Xavi came in, and we need to be patient and let him build his project. I truly believe the good days will we back, but it won't happen overnight.

[@acacia8261]

@@Ro-uk7ml progress has been good so far

[@gabr1el_sava]

Bro, who do you need 6 minutes just to explain that it's Thomas Muller?

[@Semddoge]

Funny how bayern gained so many non german fans after barça's defeat against them. I just hope madrid continue the champions league campaign till they meet bayern team without injuries

[@zgib123]

Getting on KZbin and seeing this uploaded 20 seconds ago as a Barca diehard is blessed

[@PARItosh6366]

Small club 😂😂😂

[@ken-14san94]

@@PARItosh6366 zero football knowledge

[@faronoid]

07/05/19 incident..

[@swervo8763]

small club

[@JakeFLM]

If y'all honestly think barca is a small club you have clearly never watched a single game of football

[@bentn13]

Holding them back from what? Being unregulated giants? Might be good to take some of the focus off trophies as the only thing worth anything in football.

[@darrenchin_]

THIS. thank you. Of course winning is sweet but football is not just about winning. those "Super League" club fans look at trophies as an entitlement but its the highs and lows that give meaning to the game.

[@countryclubbin1016]

Sorry guys, trophies=money, recognition, respect and all that comes with it. Your comments are a pipe dream, trophies are all that matters

[@Random17Game]

@@countryclubbin1016 To me, Porto beeing fan owned is more valuable than beeing a Man City european giant

[@zaubnino77]

In recent times, Bayern Munich

[@xerxes6687]

💀💀🤣🤣🤣

[@Iron-Bridge]

🔥🔥🤣

[@johnedwards3198]

Savage! 😂🤣

[@user-fo7mu7hx4w]

8-2 😂😂😂

[@aryanstar7145]

Was going to comment the same!!!

[@thomas_delaney]

Don’t know if I necessarily agree with the notion that being a fan-owned club will “always hold a club like Barcelona back from foreign-owned superpowers” when Bayern is a current example of how to run your finances and achieve on-field success.

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

Bayern only does that because they weaken other teams Every year and dissamble the competition

[@thomas_delaney]

@@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960 Yes you're right. They won the champions league in 2020 because they bought all the other good players from the other champions league teams to weaken the competition!

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

@@thomas_delaney they literally buy the players from other teams in Germany and at very cheap prices, in Spain is different, Barca and Madrid can't get players between each other And buying players from others teams isn't cheap. Of course Bayern is gonna have better finances when they can literally buy any promising player in Germany for almost free, If Barca wanted for example Felix for Atletico it would he 160 million, same happens in the Premier League, look how much Villa asked for Grealish or how much Tottenham asked for Kane, it's easy when you can buy any player of your League by free

[@thomas_delaney]

@@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960 Why do you think it is that Bayern can get their players for cheap and EPL/La Liga teams cannot?

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

@@thomas_delaney Bundesliga teams simply don't care about winning the league, they are fine with being providers for Bayern, in other leagues teams are way ambitious and want to achieve something, In Bundesliga teams are fine with Bayern winning everytime, this is the reason why no PL team has ever won more than a 3-peat and even a 3 Peat is a very hard achievement thay only Ferguson achieved. The funny thing is that then Bayern fans complain why their players get robbed in the ballond'or, well maybe just they didn't weaken the competition then maybe more people would watch the league and appreciate what Bayern players do.

[@dishantdalvi]

Clubs being owned by fans/members was the norm, in recent years this has changed. Glad Madrid is still fan owned. This preserves club's identity and integrity of football. Clubs like PSG and City just throwing money right-left and centre disgusts me, and I'm soooo delighted that they didn't win champions league.

[@sarthakjoshi693]

So did barca and real Madrid many a times. Buying all-star team of Zidane Ronaldo Beckham etc. Many big clubs have thrown money left n right.

[@darrenasquith1170]

Yeah Chelsea don't throw money about 😑

[@srijanpandey5238]

@@sarthakjoshi693 They bought those players mostly from their own success, lol. It's mostly from the revenues and banks willing to give massive loans because of the success they continue to have.

[@NoCluYT]

@@sarthakjoshi693 PSG and Man City became good because of money. Real Madrid and Barca got money because they were good, we're not the same😤

[@Arjonko]

@@NoCluYT No indeed you are not the same, while City and PSG can be perceived as financially stable same can not be said about Real Madrid and Barcelona with their immense debt. The only difference between these clubs is that City and PSG have no history but that will soon change.

[@RugwedSoman]

All Tifo videos have great animation but this one is ASMR for eyes.

[@neversk]

Muller owns Barcelona

[@lucaweindorf6586]

Thomas Müller, obviously

[@SAJihan2004]

then tell him to pay the debt.

[@akrlafoleak5168]

7 minutes just to say that Thomas Muller owns barca...

[@wolfranone]

I would say that Bayern owns Barcelona

[@aroundtheworldwithfootball4460]

The life without messi When your number 9 takes only 1 shoot a game When your club best player is at hospital

[@ggsinkon2834]

@@AmirulMokhris I blame poch

[@alexanderchronos8694]

@@AmirulMokhris That's because he's in a new system. I'm a Real fan but I'd say the criticizing of Messi is unfair as players do take some time to settle in different clubs. Barca and PSG have very different ideologies. Even Thibaut and Luka had a bad year when they joined us. Then there was the HAZARDous move.

[@abdel-karimabusalah4761]

Thomas Müller for sure 😂😂🤣

[@dhruvyadav3407]

huh, i always thought it was thomas muller

[@graycrayon1113]

The fans do. And recently also Bayern

[@lukeveazey4070]

It feels like it is the same video as the one TIFO did on Real Madrid. Looking forward to the 'Who Owns Osasuna?' video now!

[@Koksn_Todorov]

FCB got around 500M or 600M Euros loan from Goldman Sachs at a very good 1.98% interest. FCB will get 40M on top of the 10M paid for Griezmann, around 30M for Trincao maybe. Minus Aguero's wages (i think it was around 5M), Umtiti around 9M (18M with taxes) , Coutinho 13M (26M with taxes). That's around 100M Euros freed up to sign other players. So far i think FCB are allowed to spend 16-20M in the winter transfer market. There's talk of swapping Dest (very bad player) for Ferran Torres + cash. FCB want at least 30M Euros per season for stadium naming rights and more for a new shirt sponsorhip deal, there are offers on the table... FCB, Real, Athletic, and one other club are proposing another TV rights deal, which will give clubs 2 billion Euros and is believed to be 15 times more lucrative than the CVC deal. Clubs will vote on it this month. Messi's wages were supposed to be paid by the money from CVC, but Laporta said it is a very bad deal, mortgaging the club's TV rights for the next 50 years so he refused it. FCB members will vote on the new Espai Barca project, believed to cost around 1.5 Billion Euros, construction will be 4 years, of wich the 1st year is to be played at the Johan Cruyff stadium.

[@Bagster321]

Answer: not The Athletic. But it can if you join for just £1 per month!.

[@gerardtabajonda5322]

Who owns Barcelona? probably Thomas Müller and Bayern Munich

[@rileywilliams1583]

Pretty sure it’s currently iago Aspas

[@searic3203]

I belive in my club, i've been a Barca fan for 9 years and hopefully we will rise to the top again.

[@sahilmore1404]

IT'S THOMAS MULLER

[@blue_rapier]

Bayern München 😂😂😂

[@miki72]

Catalan is the official language of FC Barcelona since 1916 so we the members are called "socis", not "socios". Also the name of the members’ general assembly is not correct as you wrote it in Spanish. If you do a piece about Barça's identity and what it means to remain fan-owned, the connection with the stateless nation it so proudly represents cannot be forgotten. Other than that, and the drawing of a Barça fan with the traditional Basque hat (which makes no sense), good work!

[@parthtambi2006]

Thomas Muller owns Barca

[@Falz10]

Thomas Müller.

[@CasuallyJapan]

Wait so the fans picked Bartomeu to be president? And the fans agreed with all the nonsensical transfers the past few years?

[@Semddoge]

I have the same questions on my mind. I mean how do you let somebody ruin a historic club at this level? Its like the socios didn't even care😂😂

[@poborg74]

At the time when Bartomeu was elected the first team had just won a treble so a majority of socis voted for his candidacy. There were already signs that bad decisions were beig taken at the club at all levels but a lot help from Barcelona's press (which has been proven that they were bought off) helped them win.

[@M.S.1.5]

so, you are asking why did people voted for Bartomeu? and the answer is 2015's treble. Barca had elections in the summer of 2015 when the team had won the treble becoming the 1st team in history to have two hence blinding the fans and Bartomeu getting elected as president

[@vatsadave8668]

Why is the video 6:46 long? They could have just shown a picture of Thomas Müller. He owns Barcelona! :)

[@JOrbe_07]

7 minutes vid just to say Bayern

[@cryingbrunopenandes]

Short Answer Thomas Müller

[@GuidesForFree2006]

U just created a 7 minute video to say it's Muller

[@KDBFTL]

an ad popped up about thomes muler....

[@SerDelBarça]

I’m pretty sure Barça has 223k members as of 2020 not just 144k as stated here

[@jremyy]

Divock Origi owns them. Saved u some time

[@ignaciofernandes2817]

Comparing Barcelona's situation with Real Madrid's is interesting. It would be a great video to see the contrast with how Florentino is taking decisions and the stability of the club

[@ignaciofernandes2817]

@Ulises Leon of course, but remember that Salary Cap is based on revenue, so higher cap means the team is performing well economically speaking. And besides, Bale (Almost 30M€/y) Isco (Almost 10M€/y) and Marcelo (12M€/y) are leaving the club. Double the money because in Spain you pay doble because of taxes. So a little over a million € is going to be cut and likely spent on new arrivals. So their situation is more than solid. If you know Spanish, I recommend Ramon Álvarez de Mon's channel who does a much better job explaining all this

[@sidharthdash1836]

@@ignaciofernandes2817 Barcelona are also showing good revenue. Then why this difference?

[@edd0f]

@@sidharthdash1836 Barcelona's spending is way higher than their revenue

[@sidharthdash1836]

@@edd0f Was between 2016 and 2019 now it's not.

[@edd0f]

@@sidharthdash1836 I will talk to you in a kind way. Barcelona now spends more than what they earn. I didn't make this up, Laporta himself said it. They are -€400M this year alone.

[@mattdougherty6722]

Correction, Bayern owns Barca. ;-)

[@markolitvic6981]

Two words: Divock Origi

[@markussiahaan5712]

Lol

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Corner taken quickly...

[@simonkubina1352]

Right now ? Bayern I´d say

[@Superlime1231]

You took 7 minutes to make this video when all you could have said was that Bayern Munich owns them…

[@dasherfcb]

It's obvious, FC Bayern and Thomas Müller own Barcelona.

[@arnabthreethreesixfivethre4841]

LOLOLOL !!!!!!

[@saz2248]

Man, Bayern fans are worse than the Madridistas ngl

[@dasherfcb]

@@saz2248 hey man it's just a joke, don't worry. Anyway good luck on Wednesday man

[@NoCluYT]

@@saz2248 not a chance. Madrid fans have always been worse. Tbh I haven't even heard of non-german Bayern fans until 2019.

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

Easy when you pick on a bad barca side, when barca is good, they suddenly became Bad and lose against nobodied

[@marcusdavid6250]

Answer is Bayern Munich.

[@ken-14san94]

No

[@saz2248]

Barca fan here. This is true. Although to be fair, Bayern did catch us at our absolute worst, both in 2013 with manager situation and now that the team is the worst it's ever been in the last 15 years. Aside from that, yeah, Bayern is our boogieman .

[@Cb-jw2qq]

From one m8-2 another this was a good comment

[@vaanvanadiel]

@@ken-14san94 Absolutely yes and Messi is their pet

[@colouredIncognito]

@@saz2248 'worst' You know the history of 'your' club, right?

[@bestofthebest937]

The answer is Ronaldo with Müller as the highest share holder

[@_jy1754]

Bayern owns Barcelona obviously, why is this video even necessary?

[@connorr333]

to sum the video up: 1- Divock Origi

[@brendanobrien8198]

So in 3 years if Barca is still in a deficit the 1990 rule will apply and they will have to sell?

[@YetAnotherStupidyoutubeUpdate]

Goldman Sachs owns them. Thanks to Bartomeu's insanely stupid and unnecessary player signings.

[@c111samakalam5]

Who owns Barcelona ? --- FC BAYERN

[@ajeyashyambhat4509]

so, how does bayern differ from barca?

[@shubhamsakpal6949]

Don't say it's not bayern Munich

[@aryo_1582]

Bayern owns them.. simple

[@frogyb7263]

This aged like sour milk

[@ciaranmccormack4434]

Divock origi owns Barcelona

[@Supergod8]

True Fact: Bayern Munich owns Barcelona.

[@croftoc]

This was great piece of Journalism, thanks guys. Well done Alex

[@nadarvirsingh8301]

Quick answer - bayern munich

[@madhavagrawal8303]

Wait isn't the answer Thomas Müller?

[@Headbangry]

Bayern at home, mostly.

[@kippokappa9150]

Bayern München

[@avigupta5594]

I think Thomas Muller

[@hamzac11]

Thomas Muller.

[@Channel-mg6yi]

Thomas muller owns barca

[@SlanderEra]

Bayern owns barca

[@advaithrpai]

A Six minute video just to say Cristiano Ronaldo.

[@numandut4831]

Bayern Munich but more specifically, Thomas Müller

[@HbyhRMCF]

AND THEN RONALDO

[@abhinav_6900]

Nuh uh

[@mbappethegoat1559]

it is co-owned by ronaldo and muller

[@ephirious]

Critiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid

[@redklick99]

What your software can be editing like thus

[@ginge82]

Given the debt, very soon the banks.

[@bakhtiyorakramjonov7606]

How socios make money if they don't get any dividends ?

[@hd-du9qx]

I hope to become a socio one day :)

[@Owen-gp6pg]

Spoiler alert the answer is Divock Origi

[@danielkitts9685]

Any chance you can cover the Juventus story?

[@abhishekshrigod8018]

Everyone knows that BAYERN own barca

[@SonOfDrogo]

Bayern Munich owns Barcelona.

[@zeeshannaqvi4091]

I don't know about the history, but in a few days Muller will own Barcelona.

[@kxder69]

The owner is Thomassit Muller no need for this to be 7min

[@hhhhzk]

TLDR; it’s a really complex system, but recently the ownership has been transferred to Real Betis’ Juanmi

[@rohannalawade3227]

How good was he in that game !

[@cathalvaughan]

Divock origi mate

[@hbkavnish]

Cristiano Ronaldo

[@sasultan786]

You made a 7 minute video to describe ronaldo 😂?

[@fabianski1389]

Did Ronaldo scored hat trick in your dreams ??

[@user-tq8fo9kl5p]

lewandowski owns barca

[@Motorvegful]

I would never support a club that wasnt fan owned

[@Heelo_0]

I had no idea I needed this video 😂

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Nobody that wants to admit to it 🙄

[@PARItosh6366]

Bayern

[@christianopulinaldo8319]

Their owners keep changing Ronaldo, Entire Bayern squad, Mbappe, Benzema, Wijnaldum, Manolas and many others have owned them at some point.

[@pesxbarca]

Get a life pal You’re everywhere