The rules of La Liga (Spanish La Liga regulations) are simple. “How much can you find? must be paid in balance with operating results.” and is under strict calculation and control by La Liga.
by this rule Similar to the European Football Federation’s Financial Fair Play (FFP), all La Liga clubs have voted in favor since 2013 with the key objective of preventing LaLiga clubs from “Go bankrupt” from overspending
According to Sky Sport, La Liga has set wage ceilings for each club at around 70 per cent of the income the club can earn.
But in the case of the clubBarcelona Having signed a new contract with Messi, even with a 50 percent pay cut, the current wage ceiling has risen from 95% to 115%.
For this reason, the sacrifice cuts Messi’s wages. Therefore, it still does not meet the criteria set forth by La Liga. Because even without Messi Barça’s ceiling has already exceeded the threshold by 25%.
So how much wages Barcelona can currently afford to balance?
According to reports from sports outlet The Athletic this year, Barca have had a legal spending cap on La Liga this season. At approximately 160 million euros or approximately 6,288 million baht (*Exchange rate as of 9 Aug. 64 : 39.30 baht / euro)
If referring to this figure, it means that Barcelona’s expenditure ceiling is reduced by a quarter when compared to the spending ceiling for the 2019-2020 season that was 671 million euros, or about 26,369 million baht, which is considered to be used. One of the highest paying teams in world sporting clubs, while last season (2020-2021) was 382 million euros or about 15,010 million baht.
By “Javier Tebas”, the president of La Liga has previously warned about the use of Barca’s money. The club must find a way to lower the wage ceiling by at least 200 million euros (~7,859 million baht) from last season. If thinking of registering new players This includes the case of Messi. Because the top Argentine players are in Free Agent status.
Why is Barcelona’s spending ceiling dropping so much?
Bloomberg News reported that “net debt” (Net Debt) At the end of last March of FC Barcelona There are numbers up to 673 million euros or about 26,447 million baht!
but wait It’s not over yet. because if including the provision of liabilities that are contingent in which this number is “Player’s Wages” That Have Been Postponed During the COVID-19 Pandemic this amount of debt There may be a number higher than 1 billion million euros, or about 39,297 million baht!
The main reason Barca owes the Reds so much is the loss of nearly €100 million (~3,930 million baht) in revenue during the 2019-2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-2021 that has just passed Analysts predict that The impact of COVID-19 Should cause Barca to lose a hefty 487 million euros or about 19,139 million baht … as well!
Recently, it was reported that the management team under the leadership of “Joan Laporta” new club president It is necessary to hire Goldman Sachs. (Goldman Sachs) influential investment bank into debt management and some will refinance Along with increasing the financial liquidity of this giant club
However, from the number “A huge pile of debt” With all these said, Fitch Rating Company gives a credit rating… FC Barcelona, the latest in July, put it at BBB-
In addition to the problem of “huge piles of debt” as mentioned above. Another important reason Barca is unable to reduce the cost ceiling. to leave “Enough gaps” for the signing of Messi is. The most “excess player removal” failed.
Attempts to sell high-priced and high-paid players such as Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele, Philippe Coutinho, Samuel Umtiti have failed. fluid Virtually no clubs are interested in joining the team, even less. Or if interested, they would offer a price that is not as brutal as when Barca spent the money to buy it for sure.
and until now The Boon club throws itself still can’t find a way to deal with. These “excess problems” as well.
That therefore brings “question” desired “answer” From “Joan Laporta” that the latest Barça president How “sincere” is it to sign Messi? because if true Why not find a way to clear the excess players as quickly as possible? In order to avoid problems such as what is happening today?
In addition, what Barca fans are worried about are the four new players who have just been brought in: Memphis Depay, Sergio Can Aguero, Eric Garcia, Emerson, who even came for free And some people agree to reduce their wages (some), but how? It is also a risk that falls within the range. “Wages above the ceiling” as well as Messi?
Because these four players, although already signed with Barcelona. But have not registered with La Liga in any way!
Rejecting “Last Hope” To open a gap in the contract with Messi. Filled with clues, struggling to the undead Super League?
Ahead of Messi’s shocking farewell announcement, Joan Laporta was given a last chance from La Liga by Offered a (small) share of La Liga reaching an agreement worth 2.7 billion euros (~106,191 million baht) from CVC Capital Partners in exchange for a 10% stake in the rights to broadcast the Spanish Football League. With a period of up to 50 years, if the new president of Barca accepts such an offer. Will keep the god number 10 with the next team. no problem immediately
But what “Joan Laporta” did was to reluctantly decline the offer. That has led some analysts to think that Joan Laporta (maybe) is still looking at the huge trove of Super League trophies. Instead of taking a tiny fraction of the money from La Liga and ending any hopes of forming a future Super League (maybe) forever.
However, despite the official farewell announcement from the team, but “Little Hope” Where Messi may stay with Barca, there is still light in the tunnel. Because of the fact that the football market remains open until September 1. That gives Joan Laporta a few weeks to deal with all these messes, especially the surplus players. including negotiating for a reduction in wages for players who are still in the plan which if resolved this problem in time God can still remain at Camp Nou!
Oh…that includes a huge bundle of money. from the sale of t-shirts, tickets, sponsorship fees and live broadcast rights With God as a magnet, don’t forget!
Thairath Online Special News Team report
Graphic: Pradit Phulsarikij
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