200 million euros of Barcelona accounts are not counted for the salary limit of the League
Barcelona fought with the rules of financial fair play The league for a considerable spell, lying in serious trouble at the start of the 2020-21 season. The Blaugrana have studied a number of ways around the salary cap as they will be left without “revenue from extraordinary sources” to be competitive on the pitch, but it seems they will have to regain some financial ground to raise money. again this summer.
The most famous of those methods were the “economic levers”, which saw the Blaugrana sell 25% of their TV rights for the next 25 years, as well as €49% of Barca Studios, for a total of €667m.
Despite announcing a profit of 304 million euros for the previous season at Barcelona, The Catalan side continued to find themselves restricted to use 50% of what they save and bring to use their salary limit, as they are currently more than the limit. Based on their income, they are currently 200 million euros above the limit. Part of the reason for this is the different criteria that Barcelona used to present their accounts in comparison to La Liga.
As part of the deal to sell the 49%, Barcelona “revalued” its 51% share of Barca Studios to €208 million, putting the Blaugrana in profit. However, La Liga did not count this as a form of income, and so the complications of Barcelona's salary cap will continue to look a little different ahead of the coming season.
There is still talk of one or two signings this summer for the Blaugrana, but also many insiders point out that unless there is a big sale to Barcelona, they could struggle to sign some of their current squad. As for the signings of Vitor Roque and Inigo Martinez, they are believed to have only been signed for one season of their seven and two year contracts respectively, while Alejandro Balde, Lamine Yamal and Marc-Andre ter Stegen have all signed new deals . season
