After those nervous weeks, especially in May and June, Barça has a much more relaxed atmosphere. A prepandemic optimism, despite all the conditions and uncertainties of the current situation. “More than one will take a surprise this summer,” they pointed out from the box office, just before the U.S. tour began. The club has grabbed the bull by the horns and rushed to the market, to buy. On the other hand, there are many who point out the regulations of the League’s salary limit and remember that Barça, right now, has no room to sign even the players who had reached zero cost. The big difference, compared to days ago, is that this time Javier Tebas, the president of the League, has not made any incendiary statements of his own. “Right now the only thing that is clear is that Barça cannot register. But it would be strange for a club like this to be thrown into the pool without having anything tied up,” said one of the sources consulted by the employer.
Activated the first lever, the sale of 10% of television rights, the club plans to activate a second, which corresponds to the sale of an additional 15% – the club has permission from members to sell up to 25% of the money which he receives for the rights of the League. The operation has already been taken for granted in the noble offices, although the paperwork has not yet been signed. With these two sales and total capital gains in excess of 650 million, the club can reverse the negative net worth and therefore stop being with red numbers in the famous salary cap calculation. But this does not mean that it has a margin: it is necessary to make an additional sale – either of assets or of players – to have a margin and to register all the new incorporations. “The idea is to earn this margin by selling footballers. We have time until August 14. If not, we will have to resort to a plan B,” said one of the sources consulted, close to the president.
Selling Barça Studios, the alternative in case you don’t want to leave De Jong
Of all the possible sales, Frenkie de Jong’s is the most anticipated. Barça has publicly insisted that this is not an urgent need but only a way to achieve this. fair play necessary. With De Jong you would earn a margin of 42 million. But for now, the Dutch footballer does not want to leave and is on the American tour, with the rest of his teammates. So some are already starting to think “in plan B.” The alternative with the most points is Barça Studios, as he has advanced Sports world and has been able to confirm the NOW.
The sale of up to 49.9% of this business had already been approved by the assembly of delegates in October. In fact, in the budget for the 2021/22 academic year, there was a revenue item worth 50 million that included this concept. Finally, it was not carried out. Later, interest in BLM and television rights grew and Barça Studios came in second. “Not talking about it doesn’t mean we forget about it,” they warn from the Camp Nou. Anyway, at the club they acknowledge that the offers were “inferior” to what they wanted.
Selling Barça Studios would be just one alternative, as the priority remains to make a drawer by emptying the locker room. In any case, and how the portal advanced 2Playbook, the business for the sale of this asset could generate a capital gain of about 100 million euros. A sufficient margin to file and register without problems. This year, at least.
