Joan Laporta, The president of Barça has been preparing for several days the assembly of delegates that will be held electronically on October 9, hours before Celta visits the Camp Nou in the League. The leader should dissect, with the help of Edward Romeueconomic vice president of the club, the four sales of assets -the famous levers- that have allowed money to be injected into a box that had cobwebs and competitive players to reinforce and endorse the sports project of Xavi Hernandez.
Also, laporta You will have to argue the increase in the wage bill to 656 million euros, according to the club’s report that the committers have received. A runaway salary mass. It is the second highest in history, far from the initial forecasts that the board had to lower it to place it at sustainable levels. That of Real Madrid, for example, does not even reach 400 million, as revealed by himself Romeo.
The white payroll has not skyrocketed like the Barça player, not even with successes from last season such as the League or the Champions League because the salaries set by Florentino Perez are much more controlled than those signed in their day by Joseph Maria Bartomeuespecially in the case of three of the four captains. Sergio Robert renewed, and very low, this past summer.
Pre-pandemic salaries
But Sergio Busquets (contract ends in 2023), Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba (both end in 2024) have pre-pandemic payrolls, which place them in the highest echelon of the Barça squad. Bayern, another of the salary references set by Laporta’s board, is sustainable in this area because it invests 300 million euros.
At Barça it is more than double that of the Bavarian club and that is now without Messi, whose hasty departure to Paris SG caused a drop to 560 million. Now, without Leo, he has once again surpassed the 600 mark because the legacy of the past continues to have a negative impact.
Deferrals impact
We must add the deferrals of some players who agreed to substantially lower their salary in times of the pandemic but, in exchange, their contract was extended for more years and, of course, with more money, of course. Ter Stegen renewed until 2025, Frankie de Jonguntil 2026, as well as lenglet, today on loan to Tottenham. These deferred payments amount to 163 million.
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Some payments that must be executed from this course, no matter how hard Barça has tried, but without success, that these players adapt to the new salary model. The goal that Laporta’s board is trying to achieve is to reduce that wage bill next season by 120 million, although everything is subject to the future of three of the four Barça captains.
Three because Sergi Roberto, whose contract ran out in the summer of 2022, has renewed for one more year. But down. For this reason, the club has put together a shock plan to reduce this extremely high wage bill by at least 120 million, although everything is subject to the captains.