SALE OF 15% OF TV RIGHTS
The conditions of the 2nd 'lever' that Barça could activate this Thursday
Published New:20/07/2022 - 23:02h
Updated New:22/07/2022 - 02:05h
Joan Laporta is very close to specifying the second financial 'lever' of the summer to resolve the financial problems of FC Barcelona. This Thursday, the club could receive 400M for the sale of 15% of LaLiga's television rights
The directive of the FC Barcelona promised solutions to the financial crisis that affects to the club and is finding them. In the last Assembly of Compromisarios, Joan Laporta asked to the partners approve a series of 'crowbars' with which could pay the debts accumulated and fichar players for the group directed by Xavi Hernández, between them the sale of part of the television rights and other active of the institution.
The first of these 'crowbars' had to see with the sale of 10% of the television rights of LaLiga by the next 25 years. The American company Sixth Street disbursed 207.5 million euros by the agreement and, this Thursday, the mandator culé is very near to close a new negotiation with the group North American investor. In this case, it treats of 15% additional of the television rights, operation that will leave an approximate of 400 'kilos' in the arks of the club.
In accordance with the Catalan investor Marc Ciria i Roig, this negotiation will leave 315 million net euros immediately in box, conserving the structure of the first agreement. In total will be 400M in countable value. Besides, the club contemplates an increase of capital between 80 and 90 'kilos' to the operation by the incorporation of a third proprietary company of the rights, details Roig.
🔵🔴 Sembla That serà demà;
— Marc Ciria i Roig (@CiriaMarc) July 20, 2022
👉 Mateixa Structures financera that the first bandage.
👉 400 m € in countable value.
👉 €310m entrance of cash pel #Barça
👉 The Club return to fer an AK (Increase of capital) d'between 80-€90m to l'operació to the 3to companyia proprietary dels drets.
In total, these negotiations would leave a plusvalía upper to the 600 million euros by the cession of 25% of the television rights of LaLiga, a figure that surpasses with grow that I agree that the maximum division of the Spanish football proposed to his clubs in with the group British investor CVC, to the cual opusieron the Barça, the Real Madrid, the Atletic of Bilbao and the Ibiza. Like this, the club has attained to achieve the necessary money to amortise the signings of Franck Kessié, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Rober Lewandowski and another pair of reinforcements in way.
A third 'crowbar' could gestarse in brief
Although Joan Laporta prefers not selling more active, still no descarta the activation of a third 'crowbar' financial. This would have to see with the sale of the 49:9% of Barça Studios, audiovisual producer blaugrana, operation that could close in around 200 million euros. This sale only would contemplate if the staff follows having problems with the limit of mass salarial that prevent to inscribe to his reinforcements and, of the same way, to the difficulty to give exit to players like Memphis Depay and Martin Braithwaite, two of the distinguished to go out in this summer.




