Barcelona, ​​salary cap in red. Goodbye Haaland, but he can still make the transfer

Minus 144 million. The number that appears next to the name Futbol Club Barcelona in the column of the new salary cap is impressive and has caused a great impact here in Spain. La Liga today presented the new figures relating to the salary cap and Barça, which only two and a half years ago could invest 671.4 million in salaries, has gone below zero. In the latest La Liga report, published last autumn, the Catalan club still had a positive balance of 97.9 million euros. The situation, however, was so serious, with 1153 million euros in debt, that despite the farewell of Messi who alone earned over 50 million net per season and of Griezmann, another with a huge salary, at the moment the Catalans have the balance. negative.

EXPLANATION

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Does this mean that Barcelona can no longer shop? No. It means that it will take longer to get back to the positive. In the meantime he will be able to acquire new players, but with very precise rules: for every 4 euros saved he will be able to invest in salaries 1, and in case of renunciation of high salaries he will be able to invest one euro for two saved. To improve his situation he will have to collect, because the amount of the salary cap is linked to income and expenses.

THREE WAYS TO CASH

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And he has a good chance of doing so: by signing the deal with Spotify, for example. Or by selling part of the activities related to Espai Barça, the structure created to make the most of the club’s brand. Or by joining the project linked to the CVC fund: an agreement that Barça, Madrid and Athletic have refused for now, unlike the other 17 clubs in La Liga. Laporta seems to have changed his mind, and in the event for Barça there could be 275-300 million, with 15% that can be spent on purchases and another 15% in wages. The problem, however, is political, and not insignificant: by accessing the funds of CVC Laporta he will break with Florentino Perez, at the moment his great ally and bitter enemy of Javier Tebas and everything that La Liga does.

4 PURCHASES, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?

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Another question. How did Barça register 4 new players in January? They are Dani Alves, Adama Traoré, Ferran Torres and Pierre Aubameyang. The explanation of Javier Gomez, La Liga’s economic director general: “We had put 10 million euros in the costs of Barcelona for Yusuf Demir, because the player’s purchase became definitive if he had played 10 games, a very low figure. They didn’t let him play and sent him back, thus saving the 10 million euros. Aguero’s retirement obviously affected the wage bill. As well as the sale of Coutinho, who had an important salary, in January. Of the 4 signings, two, Traoré and Alves, have a contract until June 2022. And the cost of Ferran Torres affects only half a season ”.

HAALAND NO

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“This summer Barça will be able to make new deals, but only by following the rules set by Article 100, that of 1 for € 4. And of course, cashing where they can,” said Javier Gomez. It seems unreal to talk about Erling Haaland, and in fact, curiously after having pumped the imagination of the culé people for months, exactly yesterday, the day before the publication of the salary limits, the Blaugrana president Joan Laporta took several steps backwards, not excluding but portraying the purchase of the Norwegian from Borussia Dortmund as very complicated .

MBAPPé Yes

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However, the Barça market remains open. And that of Madrid very open, given that at the Casa Blanca they kept the salary limit to the 793.1 million euros they had in the autumn. Because Madrid have much lower salaries (and will get rid of the Bale boulder in June), they have practically not made the market in the last 3 years and despite having debts close to a billion, the amount to be repaid in the short term is very small, contrary to what happens at Barça. So yes, Madrid have room for the € 25 million net salary promised to Kylian Mbappé. Barça will have to continue to save, and jump through hoops to collect. Because we remember that before the pandemic the Catalan club was galloping towards one billion in seasonal turnover.