Barcelona faces a difficult new summer in terms of salary ceiling, its last “economic lever” does not have to be available before the end of the summer transfer window.
The reason is the delay in the work of Camp Nou, which already accuse eight months late on the scheduled calendar.
In January, Barcelona ratified the rental of 475 VIP seats for the next 30 years in Fort Advisors and New Era Visionary Group. This transaction brought back 100 million euros to its accounts and allowed the club to respect the Liga wage limit again, allowing it to record players using 100 % of the money it saves or earns. However, in March, Crowe listeners withdrew these income from their balance sheet, because the product does not yet exist, and therefore from their wage limit.
Last week, Barcelona obtained an event license from the Barcelona municipal council, the first of the two he needs to be able to play matches at the Spotify Camp Nou. However, Sport, MD and Marca all report that Barcelona practically abandoned all hope of obtaining the second license in time, which would allow the first entry into the stadium. The club needs the license to be delivered to it this week in order to be able to welcome the Joan Gamper trophy on August 10 against Côme, as expected.
The club will make a decision concerning the Gamper trophy towards the end of this week. If Camp Nou is not available, it could either host the match at Estadi Johan Cruyff (capacity of 6,000 places), or simply cancel the event. At the start, he hoped to welcome 60,000 supporters, then 30,000, but it now seems almost impossible. Barcelona thinks of being able to welcome her first home game of the season on September 14.
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If this is the case, this will have a considerable impact on the transfer of Barcelona. The Blaugrana have already signed Joan Garcia for 25 million euros this summer, but have not yet been able to record it. They still have other new contracts to record, including that of Wojciech Szczesny. The strengthening of their attack is also a priority this summer, but a major transfer seems impossible without their lease of 100 million euros being included in their salary limit.
A flaw for Barcelona?
Sport continues by saying that Barcelona thinks that he can get around this difficulty. Once the VIP seats are completed, the club has the impression that a certificate attesting to their existence will be accepted by Crowe as proof of the existence of the product, even if it is not yet operational. However, this is not yet confirmed.
Even if Barcelona manages to gain acceptance of the agreement of 100 million euros, it will cost time and opportunities on the market to the Deco sports director until he can promise the registration of new recruits. Beyond that, the Blaugrana still count on a new sponsorship agreement and the departure of players to be able to make more important acquisitions.
