Barcelona to surpass B€ revenue this season - Now sold

The Demon of Carthage wrote:lol yes Tebas is definitely no RM fan. He claims publicly that he is, but if you listen to the way he speaks of RM or how he treats the club, you'll come quickly to the conclusion that he's lying through his teeth.

La Liga is definitely going backwards with him in charge.

you mean he is doing the same thing as you and many other fans on here?

The amount of vitriole that you guys have written about the club transfer policy, Florentino Perez, direction etc… is at the same level. It’s a bit rich now to turn around and insult Tebs’as when he does the same

Mr Nick09 wrote:you mean he is doing the same thing as you and many other fans on here?

The amount of vitriole that you guys have written about the club transfer policy, Florentino Perez, direction etc… is at the same level. It’s a bit rich now to turn around and insult Tebs’as when he does the same

Right, because constructive criticism of Madrid's transfer policy and some of Florentino's questionable decisions on sporting matter is the same as trying to pressure Real Madrid into accepting a crippling financial CVC deal. Gotcha!

To add to Barcelona financial woes, they have just been found guilty of using some illegal advertising software, by some German panel are are going to be fined 30M. Dates back to 2019!

Bartomeu is the gift that keeps on giving

Perez on Lewa, and if Barca can afford him: That I don't know, in LaLiga they must be Barcelona's sporting directors, sometimes they say they can't sign, other times they say yes, let Barcelona do what they think is right, but don't condition them,"

Perez on whether LL are doing RM's bidding by reporting QSG and City: "Tebas certainly doesn't support Real Madrid, I don't feel supported by Tebas, I feel wronged, we also have a lawsuit for a LaLiga agreement that, in our opinion, is illegal, It is illegal for sure. It breaches a decree-law, which states that we cede the TV rights to LaLiga for their commercialisation, on a competitive basis and for three years. And that is not the case"

LaLiga's response:

In view of the statements made by the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, last night on the television programme El Chiringuito, LaLiga would like to clarify:

"LaLiga has not at any time or in any way pressured the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, with the intention of getting him to join LaLiga Impulso.

"At all times what has been done is to respond to the different requests for information requested by Barcelona from both LaLiga and CVC, always in response to a previously expressed interest from the club.

"As has already been explained on numerous occasions, the agreement with CVC to develop LaLiga Impulso has had the legal advice of important international firms such as Uria Menendez and Latham & Watkins from the outset, which means that it has had absolute legal solvency since its conception.

"This agreement was put to a vote, as could not be otherwise, following the democratic channels established in the different governance bodies of LaLiga.

"The majority of the clubs that make up LaLiga, 38 of the 42, decided to join after analysing the agreement individually and autonomously, supported by their respective legal advisors.

"Finally, we regret that, once again, Florentino Perez questions the decision-making capacity and autonomy of the other presidents and managers of the LaLiga clubs."



Imagine thinking Tebas is in any way friendly to RM

Mr Nick09 wrote:

The Demon of Carthage wrote:lol yes Tebas is definitely no RM fan. He claims publicly that he is, but if you listen to the way he speaks of RM or how he treats the club, you'll come quickly to the conclusion that he's lying through his teeth.

La Liga is definitely going backwards with him in charge.

you mean he is doing the same thing as you and many other fans on here?

The amount of vitriole that you guys have written about the club transfer policy, Florentino Perez, direction etc… is at the same level. It’s a bit rich now to turn around and insult Tebs’as when he does the same

The fact that you're comparing fans to Tebas, a person running a whole league, is not a good sign at all for Tebas.

@Doc, you will note that I didn’t make the comparison, just responded to someone who did

With the authorisation of two economic levers today by the socios: sale of 49.9% of BLM and sale of upto 25% of TV rights; an amount of €700-800M could be raised. @ffpolo

Players who refused to leave will be released after the authorisation for the economic levers.
In addition, Barça will go all out for Lewandowski, Bernardo Silva and Koundé.
The sale of De Jong is already taken for granted.
@victor_nahe

How does the "economic levers" force players out?

idk maybe the translation is off, this is the original tweet

Con las palancas listas para activarse, al menos una de ellas antes del 30/06

- Se dará salida a aquellos jugadores que se niegan a marcharse

- Se irá con todo por: Lewandowski, Bernardo Silva y Koundé

Se da por hecho la venta de Frenkie De Jong

@ESPORTSCOPE#fcblive

— Víctor Navarro (@victor_nahe) June 17, 2022

It just says "an exit will be found for players thst refuse to leave". I wish laporta good luck with that, although still think FDJ could work out

I still think the best route out of the Barca financial mess is to sue previous board and past two presidents.

It’s is to Laporta’s credit that he is finding solutions to try to have a competitive lineup, but it is a bit of short term gain at the expense of giving up a portion of future income, which will have longer term consequences. He has gotten a better deal for Barca than the Tebas’ CVC deal, but it still takes away future income. That’s the reason Perez has rejected that approach.

futbol_bill wrote:I still think the best route out of the Barca financial mess is to sue previous board and past two presidents.

It’s is to Laporte’s credit that he is finding solutions to try to have a competitive lineup, but it is a bit of short term gain at the expense of giving up a portion of future income, which will have longer term consequences. He has gotten a better deal for Barca than the Tebas’ CVC deal, but it still takes away future income. That’s the reason Perez has rejected that approach.

There was talk about a potential lawsuit shortly after Laporta took over but nothing concrete since then

Laporta is doing what needs to be done, another season without competing for the domestic league at least will be perceived as a massive failure in his term.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:It just says "an exit will be found for players thst refuse to leave". I wish laporta good luck with that, although still think FDJ could work out

FDJ will be on 12m per year next season while Bernardo is on 7m ffs, this is a no brainer really since he's miles better

I think Bernardo+Pedri with a proper DM behind them makes way more sense.

Barca's wages don't make sense. Guys like DeJong, Ter Stegen and Alba etc are on higher wages than the likes of Benzema and Modric. I don't even know what drove them to offer such absurd wages to players who have accomplished very little in their careers.

It's long overdue that they have a president now who's trying to clean it all up though paying 55ME for Torres makes me question his intelligence

#ManCity received an additional €5m after Barcelona qualified for the #UCL from Ferran Torres' transfer, bringing the total that @ManCity would receive so far to €60m.

[@TheAthletic ]

— Manchestericonic (@manchestriconic) June 17, 2022

A clause for qualifying for CL. My word

halamadrid2 wrote:Barca's wages don't make sense. Guys like DeJong, Ter Stegen and Alba etc are on higher wages than the likes of Benzema and Modric. I don't even know what drove them to offer such absurd wages to players who have accomplished very little in their careers.

It's long overdue that they have a president now who's trying to clean it all up though paying 55ME for Torres makes me question his intelligence

I don’t think we can talk much about high undeserved salaries Hala. I feel we are reasonable and ok with our starters, but when we have seldom used players like Jovic and Mariano at 6M and 4M, you’ve got to wonder.

There is interest from Florentina for Jovic. But as seems always with Italian teams, they want loans not sales and in this case they are refusing an option to buy and can’t afford the 6M salary want Madrid to pay half?

When you move to a bigger company your salary will automatically be in line or thereabout with the company's employees or your peers. The problem isn't their salary but why we bought them in the first place and why we offered such long contracts.

Jovic was Bundesliga 's hottest player when we bought him but eggs on us for still trusting that league.

We'll never be offering 12ME net to a DeJong level player ever. Barca's highest earners are their captains ffs and none of them have a winner mentality, just happy to collect a paycheck and cry in the dressing room in between games, or cheat on their spouses with college students. Laughable

Imagine offloading these players now if they got 2x the wages they'd get anywhere else. They cling onto their contracts for dear life. Bartomeu really did a number on the club

Man Utd will do us a favor if they take FDJ tbh, rumors now that they're only 10-15m off fixed asking price so a deal could be close

de Jong getting that much is absolute madness he is nowhere near worth that level given already he is overrated.

First economic lever activated

FC Barcelona and Sixth Street reach an agreement for the acquisition of a 10% share of the Club’s LaLiga TV rights

With this transaction, FC Barcelona generates a total capital gain of €267 million for the current season. Sixth Street will initially invest €207.5 million and in return will receive 10% of the Club’s LaLiga TV rights for the next 25 years.

Myesyats wrote:FC Barcelona and Sixth Street reach an agreement for the acquisition of a 10% share of the Club’s LaLiga TV rights

With this transaction, FC Barcelona generates a total capital gain of €267 million for the current season. Sixth Street will initially invest €207.5 million and in return will receive  10% of the Club’s LaLiga TV rights for the next 25 years.

FC Barcelona signed a term with Sixth Street of 25 years, but the Barca entity reserves the option of recovering the rights before if revenues rise annually above between 5% and 7%.

If the second economic lever is activated, Barça estimates to spend €200m on transfers this summer.  pic.twitter.com/wIDvlzdPNH

— Passion Barça (@PassionBarca) July 1, 2022

Raphinha 72
Kounde 60
Lewa 50
Bernardo 85
Azpi 3m

about 270 in total, so Bernardo  would only potentially come  if De Jong is sold for 85m fixed so the rumors make sense.

What about wages? Barca have to have somewhere in the ballpark of 200m in wages yearly on their books, right? Is this TV deal enough to account for that as well?

This article explains it very well --> [ ESPN | Link ]

Long story short: They are in a very dire situation.

Barcelona aren't broke or close to bankruptcy, not anymore. That's what most football fans don't get. The only problem the club have right now is short term liquidity to cope with La Liga's stupid rules, that's all.

— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) July 13, 2022

Arquitecto wrote:de Jong getting that much is absolute madness he is nowhere near worth that level given already he is overrated.

yeah I'm not convinced either tbh but Ten Hag is lusting after him so eh