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Joan Laporta, during the Assembly of Partners of the Barça

IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR CULERS

Decisive week at Can Barça: Messi, salary cuts, departures...

Published:5/07/2021 - 13:06h

Updated:5/07/2021 - 17:30h

Joan Laporta and company face a week full of challenges to be able to shape the 'exit operation' and achieve Barça's great goal: to renew Leo Messi

Calendar of FC Barcelona

It is not a secret for anybody that the situation of the FC Barcelona is very complicated and are many the open fronts that has the club in the actuality. The culés follow working in the renewal/signing of Leo Messi, whose bond with the Barcelona entity finalised the past 30 June, but for this this week in the Camp Nou have to resolve a lot of pending subjects that will approach to the Barça to his big aim.

The mass salarial is the subject that more concerns to the Barcelona. To consequence of the economic losses of the last year, the club is in the obligation to reduce drásticamentes his costs in wages, that suppose 110% of the income and are very above the limit salarial of LaLiga. The Barça has to recess it in some 200 million euros to be able to 'breathe' and inscibir to his new signings in his staff (included Leo Messi).

And it is that the big problems of the Barça prevent that 'The Flea' sign his new agreement with the club of his life, although that is his intention. In any case, his continuity goes tied to the fulfillment of the 'fair play' financial of LaLiga and, as it has aimed 'Sportive World' this Monday, the club is in the same point that weeks backwards. In summary, have not had advances in spite of the exits of players. Of there that in this week the group blaugrana find in the obligation to insist in the exit of players that do not have space in the approach of Ronald Koeman, that are not few.

In this sense, these next days will be keys to know which will be the future of footballers like Samuel Umtiti, Miralem Pjanic, Clément Lenglet, Philippe Coutinho, Carles Aleñá, Moussa Wagué or Junior Firpo, those who are in the wire and have all paints it to be the big 'sacrificed' of the Barça to be able to adjust his staff to the limit salarial of LaLiga. In the City Condal also are attentive to the situation of Martin Braithwaite, Sergi Roberto or Net Walled that, although they are not the first in the ramp of exit, can leave the Camp Nou if it arrives an offer.

Like this then , the direct sellings are the first option for Joan Laporta and company, but no the only. In the Barcelona offices prepare other strategies to achieve reduce the mass salarial, but do not depend directly of the club and will be essential the capacity of negotiation of the culés, with Laporta and Alemany in command for 'convince' to the involved. The Barça, in theory, would have two roads 'extra' to be able to face up him to the 'fair play' financial: the discounts salariales of the players with the highest wages and go back to touch the door of Javier Thebes.

Who would have to go down the wage?

The 'heavy weights' of the changing room will be key so that the Barça can reduce his mass salarial. They are those that more perceive money and the Barcelona directors look forward to to gather with them, as already they did it with Gerard Hammered, to ask them a help 'extra' in this moment. They are the concrete cases of players like Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets or Antoine Griezmann. 'MD' aims that from Can Barça think that in a so grave situation, those that more have perceived money "when there were fat cows" are those who have to put of his part "in period of lean cows".

However, they are many the nuances in this operation. The players already recessed his wage in the end of the course 2019-2020 (in 12%) during the months of March, April, May and June. Already it was a nightmare for the Managing Commission, the past year, arrive to an agreement with the staff and therefore it will be so necessary the individual meetings and negotiations 'personalised' for each case. Besides, with the canteranos, is the position that they have not cost neither a euro to the club and have given it absolutely everything, by what do not see 'just' that they are they the only sacrificed.

There they go back to go in in action players like Ousmane Dembélé and Samuel Umtiti, also with wages very high. The two have been very questioned and in the case of the French defender, the blaugrana already offered him the letter of freedom, but denied categorically. In case that it remain , will not earn the same eight 'kilos' that perceived up to now, but much less. With the 'Mosquito', Laporta wants to renew it to the drop, but the player also is putting a lot of fetters.

The 'miracle' of Javier Thebes

Another of the options, maybe the most complicated, is that Javier Thebes, president of LaLiga, access to 'help' to the Barcelona. Already the costarricense denied in the first attempt of the culés, doing upsetting in that there are not preferences with clubs, not even treating of Leo Messi (and all what represents he for the Spanish football). However, desde the City Condal keep the 'hope' and expect that, if they reduce a bit more, the patronal change his seem, although it is something that does not depend on the culés and presents , in any case, like a very complicated task.

LaLiga Keeps the rule of the limit salarial and there are not exceptions, remembering that it establishes that the clunes only can reinvertir for signings and registrations 25% of the mass salarial freed, as well as that only can inscribe footballers whose cost do not exceed of 25% of the net profit by the traspaso of these players, for example, if it sells to a player by 4 million euros, can use 25% of this traspado (1M) to inscribe to one new, between other rules that establishes LaLiga.