An economist analyzed the situation of the team and how, to avoid the departure of its stars as happened with the Brazilian, he began to go into debt without limits
Barcelona is going through hard times, not only because of football, because of its internal problems and waiting for the board elections, or because Messi is almost gone and it seems that it is no longer the same when he finally stayed.
In the economic, the team is very bad and speculates with a possible bankruptcy if it fails to deposit money soon, and in good amounts.
The Spanish media El Confidencial carried out an analysis in which it handles data with specialists and economists to understand the current situation of a team that reached its greatest sporting glory not many years ago, but which has been slowly deteriorating.
And it is that, paradoxically, when Neymar went to Paris Saint-Germain in exchange for 222 million euros (at the current exchange rate it would be about 272 million dollars), the economic debacle began.
This is because, according to economist Marc Ciria i Rog, when this case occurred, the team began to bear short-term debts, in addition to renewing its cracks to prevent any of them from leaving. another in addition to Neymar, which, according to the quoted medium, resulted in an exorbitant wage bill.
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In addition, it was sought to replace Neymar with the hiring of Ousmane Dembélé ($ 128 million plus variables) and Coutinho (147 million), but none yielded the expected results. More recently, the team also brought in Antoine Griezmann, so expenses skyrocketed even further.
“Barça are launching the purchase of players, after the sale of Neymar, who have not given the expected result. Dembélé, Coutinho, Griezmann … They are 400 million euros in signings that are not serving you, and part of these transfers also go into short-term debt, “said economist José María Gay de Liébana.
The sports results did not come, the profits derived from this decreased and, on top of that, the internal problems of the board were added to a snowball that ended up exploding with the pandemic. With all this on top, Messi’s order to leave arose. already before, 6 executives had resigned, including Emili Rousaud, vice president, who denounced corruption.
According to Gay de Liébana, “the volume of debt exceeds one billion,” although there are no official figures. The only thing the board has said is that revenues fell from 133 to 35 million euros in relation to Covid and the fans at the stadium.
Failing to sell players, or failing to make money as a result of good sporting results (e.g. winning the Champions League), the team will face an unprecedented economic situation, which could leave it in bankruptcy.
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