BARCELONA have suffered another crippling blow as their salary cap has been slashed by 50 PER CENT – and will “likely look to sell” a host of stars.
The LaLiga title holders have endured a years of struggle financially due to mismanagement by the club’s top brass that has seriously impacted them in the transfer market.
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A number of big names have had to depart, including Lionel Messi back in 2021, as a result of them trying to trim the wage bill.
That continued during this summer’s window as Ousmane Dembele, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Antoine Griezmann and Franck Kessie were all sold.
And the likes of Ansu Fati, Clement Lenglet, Eric Garcia and Sergino Dest were shipped out on loan.
Left with a depleted squad, Barcelona did manage to bring in £3m midfielder Oriol Romeu and free transfers Ilkay Gundogan and Inigo Martinez, while Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix also arrived on loan.
But now it looks certain that more high-profile departures are on the cards after LaLiga confirmed that Barca’s salary cap has been slashed by almost half.
It has been imposed by the top-flight’s president Javier Tebas and is based on the revenues and spending of each club from last season.
The official figures show that the cap has dropped from £555.8m in February to just £231.6m now and that is the maximum amount that they can spend during the current campaign.
It also dictates Barcelona’s spending on players ahead of the winter window.
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The current staff and player wage costs are said to be around £347m, according to Sports Mole.
That exceeded the new limit by almost 50 per cent and therefore means that they are only permitted to use half of any revenue generated in January.
This fresh update states that means that Barca “will most likely look to sell players in the winter window to generate funds in an attempt to break even”.
However, if they fail to do so, then the limit may be decreased even further for next season.
But Helena Condis has claimed that president Joan Laporta “is calm about the situation” and is waiting for a £34.4m payment from Libero Football Finance to purchase shares of the club.
On the pitch Barcelona have managed to secure 10 points from their first four LaLiga games and face Real Betis at home tomorrow.
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