goes from 649 million euros to 270

He FC Barcelona has suffered a brutal collapse of its Sports Squad Cost Limit (LCPD), the amount of money that can be allocated to sports salaries as set by LaLiga’s economic control. Of the 649 million euros of those available after the last winter market, the entity chaired by Joan Laporta has gone to only 270.A drop of 379 million euros which leaves Barça in third position in the championship, of course behind Real Madrid (727.4 million), but also Atlético de Madrid (296.3)according to the data made public this Thursday by the entity chaired by Javier Tebas.

How is this possible? Deep down it is simpler and less contradictory than it seems. Last summer, Barça sold assets worth 700 million euros which were counted as direct income in order to calculate their salary limit. LaLiga, later, and having confirmed the abuse of that tool, put limits on the so-called ‘levers’.

The effect of levers

This summer, in fact, Barça suffered the strange and little explained non-payment of 60 million euros already committed. That amount was directly subtracted from its registration capacity and was not fully compensated, given that the ‘releveraging’, that is, the resale of those unpaid assets, was not invoiced before August 31, despite the fact that it had previously been announced that it would. would occur.

All these conditions explain the brutal collapse of Barça’s limit to 270 million euros. Of course, The salary expense of the current LaLiga champion is above that figure. If it has been able to incorporate players it has been because the rule that allows a percentage of the released expenses to be allocated to new signings has been violated.

Reduction of wage bill

According to information published a few days ago by Efe, after having access to the club’s accounts, This summer, Barça has reduced the salary bill of its first team by 161.7 million euros, going from 566.4 million to 404.7 million. with which the transfer market closed. The departures of footballers with high salaries such as Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Ousmane Dembélé help explain this significant savings of the entity he presides John Laporta.

If six months ago Barça was only 35 million euros away from Real Madrid’s limit (which could have been extended if necessary), it is now retreating from its economic room for maneuver until stand at 457.4 million from the white club.

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Behind the three big Spanish football clubs, four others exceed the 100 million salary limit: Sevilla (168), Villarreal (143), Real Sociedad (124) and Athletic (100). Once again, it is worth remembering that this does not mean that this is the real salary mass of the clubs, but rather the limit of salaries that they can assume without having to resort to savings in the form of transfers or free departures of footballers.

The collapse of Barça’s salary limit causes the LaLiga team to lose 459 million euros in total. Other clubs with declines are Athletic (27 million), Sevilla (22), Atlético (19) and Betis (10). Real Madrid, for its part, has increased its margin by 44 million euros.

2023-09-14 11:38:46
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