'CULÉS' NEED TO KEEP SAVING
Barça have already saved almost 39 million thanks to the Alarm State
Published:10/05/2020 - 11:27h
Updated:10/05/2020 - 12:51h
FC Barcelona agreed to a 70% salary reduction with all players during the State of Alarm and so far has already saved almost 39 million euros. The cut will end at the earliest on May 24
The FC Barcelona found in front of the sword and the wall does a pair of months when LaLiga saw forced to stop by fault of the coronavirus. The Barcelona remained without income by television, without the money by the entrances, without advertising profits and, in summary, without good part of his budget. This forced to Josep Maria Bartomeu to take the decision of recortar the wage of all the teams of the club and also the one of the workers.
The team barcelonista received to an ERTE with his workers and with the sportsmen arrived to an agreement to reduce his wage 70%. This descent would take place during all the State of Alarm that established the Spanish Government from 14 March. Since, each 15 days has prolonged said State and right now is programmed until 24 May. The most likely is that in this date finish and do not lengthen more, but there is not at all sure.
What himself is a certainty is that when it finalise all the players will go back to earn his whole wage and will leave to save money. Precisely by this, it is necessary to say that up to now they have left to pay almost 39 millions in wages, as it aims 'Sportive World'. It is an important reduction taking into account that the losses of this course by the crisis will be like minimum of 125 millions. In the worst of the cases could surpass even the 140, as it signalled Jordi Cardoner, economic vice-president, in an interview to 'ESPN' does a pair of days.
The first team has contributed more than 33 million the 38,805 that have saved in total. The rest arrives with the other sections of the Barça: basketball, handball, five-a-side football, hockey skate and feminine football. Besides, a minimum percentage belongs also to the filial culé and to the Juvenile To. If the State of Alarm continues further of 24 May, something that would be positive for the accounts of the Barcelona, the footballers will lose something more than money.
It could be necessary a cut on a long-term basis
It is necessary to say also that it is not descartado take measures more on a long-term basis this summer. Play to enclosed door until 2021 will cause more losses of face to the budget of the next year. The income will go down and seems complicated to keep the same mass salarial that has had up to now. In other teams like the Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain already speaks to do a cut in the wages of the players from among a 30 and 50% for all the season.
The plan of the Barça when it began the State of Alarm was that it was sufficient going down alone wages during the stop. The reality to day of today is very distinct and everything indicates that it will not be sufficient with this. To have a solvent club and without debt could be necessary that the footballers throw a hand and forgive a part of his wage at least during the course that comes. In the next months will know more data on the economy of the club and on the sacrifices that will require .
