For several months, Barcelona has been going through a major economic crisis, which caused it to dispose of several footballers and ask others to lower their salaries in order to meet the requirements demanded by the Financial Fair Play to be able to sign footballers. The last new faces that the Catalan team added were those of the experienced Dani Alves (free) and the Spanish forward Ferran Torres (he will pay approximately 55 million euros to Manchester City).
As reported by the journalist Lluis Canut on the Catalan channel’s Onze program Sport3, This ranking is led by the central marker Gerard Piqué. Together with the husband of the Colombian singer Shakira The other captains of the squad appear at the top, such as Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. The most striking thing in this list is that within the Top 7 there are three players that the Barça team seeks to find a new destination for them in order to lower the wage bill and have a greater margin for maneuver within the market.
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Piqué appears at the top with an annual record of 28 million euros gross. Although the defender agreed to lower his salary, in the aforementioned program they assured that he received the entire payment due to a loyalty bonus. A step behind is located Sergio Busquets (23 million) and Jordi Alba (20 million).
The third place with the left back is shared Samuel umtiti, defender that Barcelona has been seeking to find a new destination for it for several markets. The Frenchman, 28, He only played one game so far this season: the 90 minutes in the equality 2 to 2 against Osasuna. Then he was a substitute 22 times, but did not enter. His departure would solve several economic problems for the club.
Next on the list was a footballer who has just been on loan to Aston Villa of the English Premier League. The Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho, who had played 16 games (he scored two goals -against Valencia and Villarreal-), charged 16 million.
With 14 million then one of the great figures of the team trained by Xavi Hernández appears: the German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. With 12 million they are followed by Sergi Roberto and Ousmane Dembélé, who, as a result of a long string of injuries, was never able to display his full potential in Barcelona. The French winger is also close to being released, so the Spanish leadership is also studying the possibility of him being transferred in this transfer market.
It is worth noting that in the last time two of the athletes with the highest contracts left Barcelona, such as Lionel Mesi (he was the best paid on the squad) and the French Antoine Griezmann (21 million euros).
The Catalans, after 19 presentations, accumulate 31 units, 15 less than the leader Real Madrid. In this way, they appear in the fifth position, a location that grants a ticket to the next Europa League. It is worth mentioning that blaugranas They were left out of the group stage of the Champions League, so that in the 16th finals of the current Europa League they will face off against Napoli.
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