There is a story in the Spanish press about Barcelona from ElConfidencial

Barca has requested a line of credit of €100m to spend on their payroll for July and the payment of corporate tax. They are negotiating a loan from CaixaBank and Sabadell.

This is what happens when you pay 100 milnto a single player lmao

Didn't Barcelona do something like this last year or the year before? Seems like cash reserves tend to be too low or non existent around this time.

Took coutinho and can’t pay for him

In before another contract renewal for Messi

300m on Coutinho and Dembele

don't think it's wise to be giving a club that operate like that a line of credit tbh

Coutinho and Dembele are both class as a FYI. That's not the problem given the amounts for today's transfers.

Lukakau and Morata went for 100. Allison went for something crazy.

Neither Utd nor Chelsea need to take out a line of credit to pay their players for the month of July so I'm wondering if that supposed class was worth it.

Let's not act like Real Madrid haven't taken line of credits out before either...

Yeah, sure but I ain't hearing Flo running down to do Banco Santander asking for something to hold him till August. If this report is to be true, Barcelona may have done themselves a bit of disservice with those two signings. And the constant renewing of Messi's contract.

They can have 50m € from us no questions asked if they give us Dembélé

I'll take a line of coke, pls

Quick question. If Barca have to take out a lone to pay players how are they getting past FFP rules.

150 mil on Dembele is a highly stupid transfer

Just because you ask for a loan of money it doesn't mean you are broke financially. Otherwise banks would never accept.

Let me give you a bit of education on finances. Salaries are paid from operational budget i.e. revenues vs expenses. Player salaries are part of operating expenses. In Spain, there are strict rules re salary load (must be within revenues). Barca have been challenged with this past several years. Getting a LOC to get by a month or two is not common, but is just a cash flow issue. Not necessary a problem, but could be a symptom of a bigger problem.

Player acquisition costs are considered capital and although part of overall budget, these costs are amortized and thus your statements te Courtino and Dembele are not a factor here. Salaries are but not the acquisition costs.

these football clubs make 100 million look like a 10 thousand. .football and salaries are overrated and they dont deserve it. idiots have fun every week and make millions for having a fun

??? And your point is?

sportsczy wrote:Let's not act like Real Madrid haven't taken line of credits out before either...

Sports, yes they have, but it’s been for acquistion costs not essentially a month or two loan to meet salary load. Completely different situation.

futbol_bill wrote:??? And your point is?

no point. i'm just angry at wasted millions and useless sport which doesnt benefit the humanity

Kebab wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:??? And your point is?

no point. i'm just angry at wasted millions and useless sport which doesnt benefit the humanity

stop watching then. Its because you watch that they make money

Proper human beings watch football only on whoscored.com anyway.

Mr Nick09 wrote:

Kebab wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:??? And your point is?

no point. i'm just angry at wasted millions and useless sport which doesnt benefit the humanity

stop watching then. Its because you watch that they make money

I watch on illegal livestream websites. teams cant make money from it

1 million a year salary is enough to make the sport competitive. its 10 times more than a doctor's salary and they are still competitive and professional at their job. before record transfer fee was 37 million for zidane now its 370 million for neymar. its unacceptable

it causes more poor people. example a fan instead of buying an ice cream saves his money to buy a ticket for a match. in result ronaldo becomes richer and ice cream seller becomes poorer. its just one ice cream, if we talk about 500 million which ronaldo's shirt sale made in first week then another thousands of people are affected and became poorer. people cant find a job, companies are in bankruptcy. partly because of money spent on sports. government should control it

Kebab wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:

Kebab wrote: no point. i'm just angry at wasted millions and useless sport which doesnt benefit the humanity

stop watching then. Its because you watch that they make money

I watch on illegal livestream websites. teams cant make money from it

1 million a year salary is enough to make the sport competitive. its 10 times more than a doctor's salary and they are still competitive and professional at their job. before record transfer fee was 37 million for zidane now its 370 million for neymar. its unacceptable

it causes more poor people. example a fan instead of buying an ice cream saves his money to buy a ticket for a match. in result ronaldo becomes richer and ice cream seller becomes poorer. its just one ice cream, if we talk about 500 million which ronaldo's shirt sale made in first week then another thousands of people are affected and became poorer. people cant find a job, companies are in bankruptcy. partly because of money spent on sports. government should control it

I’ll tell you what governments need to control. They need to control the greedy drug companies that make a pill for about £1.50 and sell it to sick or dying people for £500 each.

I mean, you're better off attacking capitalism in general 'kebab' it's completely *bleep* when you think about it, but it's the best system we have so...?

If these millionaire footballers weren't getting the money, their billionaire owners would be instead.

LOCs are not actual loans, they're just there if you need them, you only pay interest if you actually draw from it. They're there to ensure liquidity. I don't see what the big deal is, all I see here is the circlejerk that debt = bad when we all know that's not true.