The league announced this Wednesday that the FC Barcelona have a salary limit for this season of 97,942 million euros, a far cry from the 382,717 of 2020-21 and much more than the 671.4 of 2019-20 or 632.9 of 2018-19. The considerable decrease in the figure is the product of the 481 ‘kilos’ of losses from last year that the current board has attributed. The salary cap is calculated based on the total income of the club subtracting the non-sports cost and losses. It should be remembered that in the case of Barça, the wage bill is around 70% of the 765 million budgeted for the 2021-22 financial year, that is, above 400 ‘kilos’.
All of this ends up translating into the large losses (481) going against the configuration of the workforce, leaving the salary limit at 97.942 million. Now, for the neophyte reader in the economic control of The league which came into effect in 2013, that does not mean that the Barça It can only pay in salaries of its players that amount close to 100 ‘kilos’ but it is the figure that in an ideal economic scenario it should not exceed to cover the losses. As soon as the club has a significant income, either at the transfer level or signing a sponsorship agreement, and the losses are mitigated, the figure will increase.
Having exceeded the salary limit, the Barça You are obliged to adhere to the rule from 1 to 4 which establishes that you can only invest in players (salaries plus depreciation) a quarter of what you release with exits from others or that of 1 to 2 in exceptional cases with players who had a token that represent more than 5% of the wage bill. That is why the transfer of Griezmann and the sale of Emerson ultimately allowed Kun Agüero to be entered almost at the last minute. Or what Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia were discharged in LaLiga after the salary cut of Gerard Piqué.
I could take on a technical relief
Released the high salary of Griezmann, that of other departures and sales such as those of Busquets and Sunrise, Barça reduced the mass from about 560 million to just over 400 and still has room to strengthen itself in the winter market, according to what has been learned Sports world. That includes a hypothetical removal of Ronald Koeman that at the level of fair play it would be beneficial to avoid and replace it. In case of a change of coach, The league makes a concession and raises the salary limit by 4% that would have to be returned as long as there is an agreement between the parties and the matter does not end in court. Jose Guerra, corporate general manager of The league, this was confirmed at a press conference. That is to say, Barça could dismiss Koeman now but he would have less money left in case he wanted to sign in January. Guerra clarified that “if Barça had not announced losses of 481 million, it would be in salary limit numbers like those of other years.”
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