The Catalan giants are struggling to register new signings forward of La Liga opener
Money-strapped La Liga giants Barcelona have offered off additional belongings in a bid to boost funds to assist register their varied new signings forward of the beginning of the brand new Spanish season – the fourth time this summer season that they’ve taken such measures.
It was was revealed that the membership have offered an extra 24.5% of Barca Studios – the membership’s digital wing and manufacturing firm – to Orpheus Media for a charge of €100 million ($ 102.5 million). Earlier offers have seen Barcelona promote an extra stake in Barca Studios, in addition to a 25% share of their forthcoming tv income to Sixth Road in a 25-year deal.
The latter two offers are thought to have raised round €500 million so as to add to the membership’s coffers to fall in keeping with La Liga spending limits. On the finish of final season, Barcelona had been in arrears to the tune of €144 million – the one membership within the high flight with a unfavourable cap upfront of the brand new season.
Barcelona, who play Rayo Vallecano on Saturday night, now face a race towards time to register seven gamers to make them eligible for the fixture, together with big-money signings Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde and Raphinha.
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It was additionally reported this week that free company signings Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie have clauses written into their contracts which allow them to depart the membership on free transfers if they aren’t registered in time for the opening league sport of the season, although it stays unlikely that they’d train these rights.
Leeds United, in the meantime, are additionally understood to have written provisions into their sale of Brazilian winger Raphinha to the Catalan membership which state that the charge will improve if Barcelona do not meet the required cost plan.
Regardless of the assorted money injections, Barca nonetheless require some artistic accounting to register their complete squad, studies ESPN.
Talks are at the moment underway with defender Gerard Pique to cut back his wage to be able to meet monetary necessities, with talks understood to be close to completion. Pique was additionally required to take a pay lower final yr so Barcelona might register Eric Garcia and Memphis Depay.
Different gamers corresponding to Sergi Roberto and Ousmane Dembele have signed new contracts however these haven’t any but been given the inexperienced gentle by La Liga.
Barcelona’s monetary mess final season noticed them lose out on their biggest ever participant, Lionel Messi, who moved to Paris Saint-Germain after his registration of a brand new contract was refused by La Liga amid the membership’s poor monetary affairs.
