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At the start of the summer transfer window, Barcelona judged to be having difficulty spending players due to the financial crisis. But now, Barca have spent Rp 1.7 trillion.
It’s not a secret anymore, Barcelona still in debt. Debt a legacy from the era of President Josep Bartomeu in the 2014-2020 period from the purchase of expensive players (by means of debt plus interest), reaching 1.173 billion Euros or almost Rp. 20 trillion.
Reported from BrandBarcelona president’s baton next shifts to Joan Laporta. Laporta is no stranger, having served as president of Barcelona from 2003 to 2010.
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The door directly fix Barcelona’s financial crisis. Slowly, various ways were carried out, such as cutting salaries to being willing to release Lionel Messi to PSG in the summer of 2021.
Messi is the player with the highest salary at Barcelona. The amount is 1 million Euros per week or now equivalent to Rp. 15.1 billion per week.
Furthermore, Joan Laporta dare to sell broadcasting rights for a long period of time. 10 percent of Barca’s broadcasting rights were acquired by global investment firm Sixth Street.
Sixth Street, headquartered in San Francisco, invested 207.5 million euros in Barcelona for the club’s broadcast rights for 25 years. With this transaction, Barcelona generated a total capital gain of 267 million euros this season or the equivalent of IDR 4 trillion!
“Sixth Street is a strong supporter of football, is a seasoned global sports and media investor, and as a partner will bring significant knowledge and resources while enabling us to manage our operations independently,” he said.
Barcelona also cooperates with Spotify as the main sponsor. Spotify is rumored to be injecting funds of Rp. 4.6 trillion.
Barca is ready to serve his client’s request, one of which must be willing to change its name to Camp Nou Spotify!
Finally, Barcelona traded shares which were considered to have quite a lot of numbers. Read more here.
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It’s not over yet. Barcelona also rent out the stadium for the fans for 300 euros, or around Rp. 4.6 million per person, to be able to play 60 minutes at Camp Nou — plus 15 minutes of warm-up time.
The tenants can also feel the sensation of entering the stadium by going through the tunnel like a Barcelona player.
In fact, Camp Nou is also rented out as a reception venue (read more here). In a way, that’s Joan Laporta’s ‘cash’ ways to keep getting money.
Barcelona in summer transfer market This has got Raphinha and overtook Robert Lewandowski. The two players cost a total of 115 million Euros, equivalent to Rp. 1.7 trillion.
In fact, Barca also still want to spend. Central defender Jules Kounde and wing back Marcos Alonso or Cesar Azpilicueta are targets.
Yes, through the sale of broadcasting rights, Barcelona have the capital to spend on players. However, it is known that the club will still cut salaries for the players in order to stabilize the balance sheet.
Barcelona will also sell some of its players for money. One of which is Frenkie de Jong to MU with projected revenues of up to 75 million Euros or equivalent to Rp. 1.1 trillion.
(aff / aff)
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