Barca owes 1.35 billion euros, Pique accepts a salary reduct
President Joan Laporta shared Barca is owed 1.35 billion euros and he was very grateful to see Pique and some of the club's strikers agree to reduce their salaries
90ptvDuring a recent press conference, Barca president Joan Laporta revealed reports on the club's financial situation. Accordingly, the Catalan team is burdened with a huge debt of up to 1.35 billion euros.
Mr. Laporta said: "As of March 2021, the debt is 1.35 billion euros. This statistic is about 200 million euros higher in 2020 than the update coming to the top in January of this year. The initial debt. only 617 million euros 2020 but must include 389 million euros 2020 for players, 90 million euros in Europe's biggest football tournaments, 79 million euros 2020 in prepaid television rights, and 56 million Europe's largest football
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I discovered that the team used to spend all their money on intermediaries to find famous players. For someone who is not a player representative but has received from the club up to 8 million Euro 2020 just to buy players in South America, those are unreasonable expenses."
Mr. Laporta affirmed that former Barca president - Mr. Bartomeu was the one responsible for Barcelona's salary fund (equivalent to 103% of revenue) exceeding the limit, making the team unable to sign a new contract with Messi. Even the Nou Camp home team must admire the next players to reduce their salaries to be allowed to register to play for new strikers like Sergio Aguero or Memphis Depay.
Mr. Laporta also shared his thanks to Pique, Jordi Alba and a number of different players at Barca for agreeing to reduce their salaries so that the team could next fight with the best possible team in the field. being.
Mr. Laporta added: "In the difficult situation for the club, I am very grateful that Pique has agreed to take a salary reduction. That Premier League has proved that love carries a team bigger than any other. The players in the team are also satisfied with the salary reduction and I understand that. The negotiations with Jordi Alba, Busquets and Roberto also went smoothly."
Barca president also revealed that it will take at least two more years for Barca's financial situation to be temporarily stable
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