If Real Madrid and Barcelona have considerably reduced their expenses from the pandemic, this has mainly been translated as transfer compensation.
A high -level player has every interest in evolving in one of the mastodons of the Liga if he wants to garner the biggest sums.
Even if the Premier League continues to generate growing income and eclipses the other European championships on the transfer market, a place in the Clasico remains the most lucrative for star players.
Salaries of Real Madrid wages and FC Barcelona
According to a recent report published by the team (postponed by Radio Catalunya), Real Madrid is the club which spends the most salaries of European football on average. By player and per year, Real Madrid currently pays an average salary of 11.2 million euros per year. Barcelona arrives in second position, with players earning an average of 7.91 million euros per year, a significantly lower result of 29.4 % to that of its counterparts in the Spanish capital.
The average budget for FC Barcelona remains high, but closer to that of other giants. Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal are all less than a million euros on their own average budget. London clubs in Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur complete the top 10, with average expenses of 4.5 million euros.
Atlético Madrid does not appear in the European top 10
It may be significant that, if the Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone is often criticized for not having come closer to Real Madrid, his team offers wages close to half of the Barcelona average and a third of those of Bernabéu players.
Although the team does not provide figures for Rojiblancos, their average is clearly lower than 4.5 million euros in Chelsea and Spurs. Atlético has been the biggest expenditure in the Liga in terms of transfer compensation in the past two years, with 364 million euros, but its wages are much lower. It should also be noted that their net expenses during this period amount to 150 million euros.
