The exaggerated commission that the intermediary took in the signing of Malcom for Barça

In the period of Josep María Bartomeu like president of the FC Barcelona (2014-2020), produced a series of irregularities to economic level and a financial management very questionable. These circumstances carried to the club to accumulate a big debt that, although it has been reduced to a large extent thanks to the management of Joan Laporta until the day of today, keeps on being an important obstacle that prevents to the Barcelona cast purchase the services of players with normality.

Precisely, one of these anomalies has revealed recently in relation with the incorporation of the right extreme Malcom. This controversy is not related with the mount of the transfer in yes, that apparently was inside the acceptable limits, but rather with the excessive commission that would have paid to Josep Maria Minguella for acting like intermediary, as well as other extra costs and additional financial consequences.

What turned into irregular the incorporation of Malcom to the club culé?

Under this premise, it is necessary to remember that the FC Barcelona fichó to the native of São Paulo in the market of summer of 2018 by a total of 41 M€ more one million in variables, turning into the costliest addition of this period. Other players like Clément Lenglet, Arthur Melo, Arturo Vidal and Emerson also arrived in this period. Nevertheless, this traspaso did not differ a lot of his value of market. In fact, as 'Transfermarkt', in this moment the value of market of the Brazilian was of 45 M€, by what in theory the Barcelona cast went out 'winning' in this incorporation.

However, what has had an unexpected impact in this transaction has been the intervention of Josep María Minguella, agent of players and trainer. In this occasion, the oriundo of Guimerá, by means of his company appears in the equation of the transfer like intermediary. It suits to mention that on 5 July 2018, the FC Barcelona signed an agreement with the company of the agent so that it made the services of intermediation, which extended until 31 August, date of closing of the window of contracting.

The exaggerated commission that carried Minguella after the signing of the Brazilian by the FC Barcelona

As it revealed 'SPORT', the provision of the services of intermediation by part of the agency of Josep María Minguella has supposed that the agent have received a considerable sum of roughly 10 million net euros, since the value of the VAT and of the indirect taxes ran to charge of the club, as it established in the agreement between both parts. East mount disagrees significantly of the percentage that are used to to perceive the intermediaries in this type of transactions, that generally is of 5%. In this case, Minguella received roughly 25%.

Then, why the company of Minguella received a so high quantity by his services of intermediation? According to the mentioned half sportive Spanish, east mount of 10 M€ reached because of two clauses in the agreement of signing of Malcom. The first of them stipulated that the company of Minguella would receive 1,5 M€ if the Girondins, proprietary club of the rights of the player, refused an offer by him. This finished sucediendo, since the French and the extreme left 'planted' to the Rome when knowing the interest of the FC Barcelona in concretising a traspaso.

The second clause established that the intermediary would receive other 1,5 M€ by every year of agreement of the footballer that surpassed the four years, with the end to favour his amortización. As Malcom engaged by five years with the club culé, ensured other 7,5 'kilos' in this intervention, independently that the exjugador of the Corinthians only was a year dressing the elastic Barcelona. This last did not affect the income of the company of Minguella, since the agreement reached with the Barça to mediate in this incorporation did not depend of the time that the player remained in the club.

The Barcelona picture finished recovering part of his investment by the right extreme

Finally, the signing of Malcom did not result to be the most successful, since only it lasted a season in the club. During this time, attained four annotations and two assistances in 24 commitments, and was sold to the Zenith by 40 M€ more five in variables. The FC Barcelona also reserved a plusvalía in case of a future sale, which did effective, since the Russians sold to the right extreme in the summer of the 2023 to the To the-Hilal by 60 M€ between fixed payments and variables, of which to the Barcelona picture corresponded him 7,5% of these 20 'kilos' of plusvalía.