Lto the financial situation of Barcelona is eclipsing the news of the transfer market. Activate the famous levers, they already have the approval of the partners since last night, reduce the wage bill and have a fair play that it does not penalize them are the three mandatory parameters to be able to face the reinforcements with guarantees. And for that, the meeting has two dates this summer marked in red on the calendar. On the one hand, June 30 and, on the other, July 31.
In less than two weeks, the Barcelona It must close the economic balance of the 21-22 season and, for this, it would need to activate some of the two operations that yesterday received the approval of the partners. The idea is to conclude the exercise with a profit and avoid presenting disastrous numbers. To do this, the club has on the table the sale of up to 49.9 percent of BLM and the transfer of 25 percent of LaLiga’s television rights for a maximum of 25 years. According to the words of The door in the AExtraordinary Assembly Thursday, the amount of both operations would be a minimum of 600 million.
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Of the two options, the one that is hotter is that of BLM. It was the most advanced and the one that should allow to make up the balance. In addition, it is key that the azulgranas finish the financial year with good numbers, since if they close for the third consecutive year with losses, they will be severely punished in the fair play financial and that would make sports planning extremely complicated.
On July 31, calculation of LaLiga
Precisely June 30 is a key day also for July 31. It is the date on which LaLiga does the calculation of fair play. So that this margin does not harm them, the recipe is clear: present profits for this season and, at the same time, reverse the balance and have positive own funds.
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Third lever: the wage bill
Do not forget that at the beginning of the month, Eduard Romeu revealed that the salary mass of the Barcelona for the next season it was skyrocketing and amounted to 560 million, twice as much as the Bayern and much higher than Real Madrid. Now the Catalan club is working against the clock in the cuts to lighten that figure as soon as possible.
The idea is to try to reduce that high figure by 150 kilos. To do this, the entity will meet with the players to try to lower the chips. Of course, in no case will it be linear or affect the entire squad. Conversations have already started with some players, for example with Sergio Busquets.
