Barça's formula to reduce the historical deficit of its sections

Since Joan Laporta won the presidential elections of 2021, one of the big aims of the FC Barcelona was that all the sections were sustainable. During a lot of years, the egresos were very high and the minimum profits or, directly, non-existent. Although they have taken drastic decisions and that have not liked to a lot of sectors of the barcelonismo, now the club is directed to his aim.

The Director of Professional Sports of the club, Xavier Budó, has offered recently some statements to the newspaper 'SPORT' in which it has reviewed all the work that carries doing the Board of Joan Laporta in these last times, confessing that already they have reached the first put. The Barça has reduced in 50% the historical deficit of the sections and, in a lot of cases, the profits will be important.

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Questioned by how has carried the summer in the middle of the a lot of cuts that have had, Budó has confessed that "carry from February-March working in a committee of feasibility created by the club to fulfil two plans of feasibility, the one who has marked us the club with some budgets asumibles and the one who marks us LaLiga to be able to inscribe players. They have been six very hard months and am very happy with the result. We have attained to reduce the historical deficit of the sections and will be equal of competitive in all they".

It has explained how they have carried this to cape: "To start with, having a big team of sportive directors in all the sections. Taking into account the agreements that had, have reduced the sportive costs, the costs in trips, the operative costs. Besides, we have increased income. When I arrived, already I mounted a new structure in which each section has an own area of management".

Of the same way, has highlighted that, in spite of the cuts, in the sections will follow competing to the maximum level: "If we look team to team, in the basket have done a big staff. We had to take hard decisions with Mirotic and Jasikevicius, but go in in a new was, with a team that generates illusion and that will give joys. In the handball, have lost to important men like Ludovic Fabregas and Cindric and has lesionado Makuc, but are safe that the team that have done will aspire to everything. As in the five-a-side football and the hockey skate. In the five-a-side football, have reduced the staff but is competitive and in the hockey, with the return of Matías Pascual, have team to win it everything. And in the feminine, will keep on being a world-wide referent".

The forecast for this exercise

Budó, asked after which was the deficit of the sections, has aimed that When we arrive the deficit of the sections was of 50 million euros. With the new structure, each section has an area of own business that optimises and maximiza the income and at the same time reduces costs. This has done that we have reduced this deficit in 50%", adding that the forecast for the season 23-24 is that they lose 25 millions.

Like this then , the aim is that "every time they are more sustainable. Like the feminine. When we arrive had a deficit in the account of exploitation of three million euros. The season 22-23 will close it to the pair taking into account that we have had to pay the premiums for winning the Champions and the forecast for the 23-24 is of some profits of more than two million euros. There is a forecast of income of 17 millions, with a cost of 14,5. Ésto Has attained thanks to having an area of own business. We have done the same with the basket and now will do it in the others three sports".