After the market, barca takes stock of a summer in which he has invested €153 million in the hiring of seven players (raphinha, Lewandowski, Koundé, Christensen, Kessié, Bellerín and Marcos Alonso), although four have arrived at the Camp Nou at zero cost with the letter of freedom under their arms.
The Barça club is the one that has invested the most in the Spanish League, followed at a great distance by Madrid, which has reinforced Ancelotti’s squad with the 80 million euros plus 20 in variables that it had to pay Monaco for Tchoumaeni as Rüdiger arrived free from Chelsea.
Barça is also the first non-English team to appear on the list of 10 teams that have spent the most this summer. Ahead of him are five Premier clubs, with Chelsea (278.9) leading that European ranking, followed by Manchester United (238), West Ham (182), Tottenham (169) and Nottingham Forest (161).
The balance is negative for the azulgranas because they have only entered 40 million in sales. Coutinho left 20 with his departure to Aston Villa, Aubameyang 12 with his transfer to Chelsea on the last day of the market, together with the 5 that Bruges left in the Camp Nou box to take to Ferran Jutgla along with the 3 paid by Sporting de Portugal for Trincao. is a balance of minus 113 millionforced as the club was to seek resources from anywhere in order to put together a competitive team.
sixth place in the world
“We have spent because we have made the levers”, Xavi admitted after closing the market and gathering a squad with 24 players that allows him to look the big European clubs in the eye. “They, in the Premier, have the money and spend it as they see fit, but we have had to use that wild card,” argued the coach.
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The “wild card” has been the activation of four levers for the sale of assets that have allowed the club to gather almost €750 million. The size of Barça’s investment places it in sixth place, ahead of Paris SG, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, which complete the list of the 10 clubs that have spent the most.
“We have spent because we have made the levers. They, in the Premier, have the money and spend it as they see fit, but we have had to use that wild card”
Xavi, Barça coach
In that list, Madrid occupies position number 20 and Real Sociedad, the third Spanish club that appears, appears in 30 after disbursing 53 million. The latest sales operations, on the verge of closing the market, have also allowed Joan Laporta and the manager Ferran Olivé withdraw the personal guarantees of 11 million that they had presented to the League in order to register Koundé.