ANALYSIS: Barça's options to enter the winter transfer market

In the FC Barcelona there is not time for the rest, neither much less to bore . The club has so many open fronts, to institutional and sportive level, that to this point does not know which of the thousands of problems have more weight. It is a catastrophe, look by where look , but with options (although for the moment it seem unthinkable) of improvement. The Barça is 'sunk' economically speaking and this happens bill directly to the exert sportive, because there is not 'with what' reinforce to the team and, right now, seems that the players that have arrived in the last window of transfer are not giving the size.

In a principle, if to the club are missing him effective, the immediate solution is to go out to the market of wintry signings and reinforce to the team, but... It is necessary to take in account the new limit salarial of the Barça that, as little, is desalentador and that conditions all the measures and decisions for taking for the Barcelona. Doing memory of what confirmed yesterday, that remained 'covered' by the enésima humiliation of the culés in Europe, the tope salarial of the Barcelona is of 97 million euros, that is to say, 249 'kilos' less regarding January of 2021.

This means that the Barça has 97 millions like maximum quantity to spend in the wages and build his first staff, grouping the wages of technical body (trainer, second trainer and preparador physical) and of the players. East mount total, is born of the relation between the income and egresos of the clubs, that in the specific case of the Catalan entity is alarming, remembering the 487 'kilos' reported in losses.

Like this then , the panorama of the Barça is more than complicated. rán Necessary extreme measures, drastic and that probably engage even more the sportive level of the team (that it already is worrisome). Nevertheless, the club still has options to go out to the market of signings of winter and reinforce his staff, but it is necessary to fulfil some vital conditions to achieve this big aim. To continuation, explain all the referent:

It is necessary to split that the Barça would have a mass salarial that surpasses the 400 millions, but also of the statements of José War, Corporate General director of LaLiga, that aimed that the sanctions to which will confront the Barça will see reflected during the next courses: "By the impact that avenges derived of the Covid-19 (close stadiums, decrease income…) there will be sanction any, however, the excess that do not come from of the Covid could comport economic sanctions. All what exceed will see affected in the season of the 2022-23. By what will have to follow governing by the norm of the article 100".

In this sense, the Barça (and any team that exceed to his limit salarial) first has to work in reducing his costs by wage, what means that the discounts have to be a priority for Joan Laporta and company (Coutinho and Umtiti will be the following in the list), and from there grasp, once again and as always, to the famous article 100, that already has given a lot of headaches.

It goes in in force the rule of the 4x1, that establishes that by each four euros freed (by discounts or sales with plusvalías), can invest one for the registration of a new player. In a simple example, if the Barça sells to Sergi Roberto (a player that does not have amortización pending) by 40 millions, the club can invest 10 'kilos' in inscribing to a new footballer, was the one who went.

However, it exists a concrete case that the percentage to apply elevates to 50% of the net profit (profit by sale less what remains of amortización) by the sale of said footballer, as long as the individual cost of the player was of, at least, 5% of the total cost of the staff inscribible. It would be the case of the discounts salariales of Gerard Hammered, Sergio Busquets or Jordi Alba, that allowed the registrations of the signings in the summer.

Solutions in the short term

The panorama is very complicated for the Barça, is not a secret for anybody. The directors have to find the formula to recess drastically the mass salarial of the first staff, that would be a true break for the economic situation of the club, remembering that the wages of the players represent 70% of the planned income of the entity blaugrana in the actuality. That would be the main solution for 'relieve' the crisis and think in signings.

Of the same way, the club has to work in the income 'extra' to increase his tope salarial, doing upsetting in the sponsorships, advertising, sales with plusvalías... The situation, in this appearance, is not being so easy as it would have to, because they have not existed advances in agreements for sponsorships and, instead, the Barça has lost to two: Rakuten and Beko.