Barcelona Thread
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Trix
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They have, it's based on turnover same as everyone else.
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"We need you to leave - you're chronically injured and never play, and your wages are obscene"
"No - I stay"
"Okay, well how about we exchange the next 18 months of your contract for a further 5 years instead?"
nailsy
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This seems like a strange approach. They can't force a player under contract to accept a transfer to another team so are they going to pay up the final months of his contract and release him if he doesn't find a move? Can they afford to do that?
www.bbc.com
Dembele 'won't give in to blackmail'
Ousmane Dembele says he will "not give in to blackmail" after Barcelona told the France forward must leave in the January transfer window.
www.bbc.com
yawa
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This seems like a strange approach. They can't force a player under contract to accept a transfer to another team so are they going to pay up the final months of his contract and release him if he doesn't find a move? Can they afford to do that?
Dembele 'won't give in to blackmail'
Ousmane Dembele says he will "not give in to blackmail" after Barcelona told the France forward must leave in the January transfer window.
I get confused about their financial situation as one minute they cant register players and the next they're buying a player for £50m+
This is probably them just trying to get £10m or so for a player who is clearly off in the summer. I just cant see many clubs rushing to get him. Better to get him on a free in a few months.
nailsy
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I think that they've taken out a loan so they can afford to buy players again. What they don't seem to have is a wage bill that comes in under the Spanish FFP regulations so they can't register players until they get rid of existing players, or reduce their wages. I think it's more complicated than that as Spain have a 4-1 system where clubs have to release 400,000K in wages to sign a 100,00K player if their over the FFP limit. O r something like that.
Like you say , they're probably just trying to get some money for Dembele and release all those wages, but there's no way they can force him to leave if he doesn't want to go other than paying up the reminder of his contract.
carmeldevil
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this kind of mess is what causes clubs to go bankrupt. Of course Barca will survive but many others wouldn't if they went this route. Just crazy.
Yes please let this happen. Please. Let them sign more players they not only cant afford but cant even register either under La Liga rules. I’m thoroughly enjoying how beyond stupid this club is. Laporte is just a poor mans Bartomeu. YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL NIGHTMARE OF A PROBLEM FFS BARCA! Are you trying to go bankrupt again? At some point you’ll have to repay at least one of these 5+ €300m loans you’ve taken only to find that you have no money to do so & open another loan.
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carmeldevil
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how are they getting funds? Thought they are over some sort of limit aren't they?
Trix
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They signed a massive new sponsorship deal didn't they?
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Spotify Nou Camp among other deals
Not sure how they're doing with the wage cap now. If Dembele leaves then that will free a high amount of wages. If he stays it will be much lower wages anyway. They're also talking about getting Halland.
Not sure how they're doing with the wage cap now. If Dembele leaves then that will free a high amount of wages. If he stays it will be much lower wages anyway. They're also talking about getting Halland.
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Worth noting that Barca financials though dire aren't bad that they need to sell or reduce wages asap
The problem has been La Liga's wage cap, with Covid, Barca took a big hit in revenue, now covids gone, that revenue stream will be back up and the wage cap should be able to accomadate
Sergei Roberto and Dembele will be gone
Griezmann has an option to buy
Pjanic will be tried to be moved on
They are open for De Jong to leave
Coutinho has an option to buy and one more year left if he doesn't extend
The problem has been La Liga's wage cap, with Covid, Barca took a big hit in revenue, now covids gone, that revenue stream will be back up and the wage cap should be able to accomadate
Sergei Roberto and Dembele will be gone
Griezmann has an option to buy
Pjanic will be tried to be moved on
They are open for De Jong to leave
Coutinho has an option to buy and one more year left if he doesn't extend
Marty
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All of those mentioned will be free transfers so it's about maximising sales to bring them in while also keeping up cutting the wage budget. So Aguero obviously is off their books, Griezmann soon will be permanently, they can sell de Jong and basically everybody who isn't one of the new La Masia kids is available for transfer.
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They're looking really good again now under Xavi. Just need to sort their defence out yet they still get linked with attacking players. They need a long term partner for Araujo and new full backs. Although Dest has looked good the last couple of games. It's good to see them pressing in packs again and a good deal of tiki taka. They mix things up more than they did under Pep. Maybe a mix of the Pep and Enrique styles. They should finish top 4 but would not be surprised to see then challenge for the title next season. I fancy them to win the Europa as well.
