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Like this will affect the coronavirus in the accounts of the big clubs of Europe

Published:21/05/2020 - 12:45h

Updated:21/05/2020 - 12:57h

FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and the rest of big clubs of Europe will have to replace, in the long run, of the economic consequences that will provoke the coronavirus in its accounts

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The coronavirus is azotando with strength to the world of the sport, and especially to the football, with some economic damages that will sustain during all the 2020 and that, in 2021, could be still greater in function of when can return the public to the stadiums. 'Deutsche Bank' Has elaborated a thorough study in which it collects approximate data of the sequelas that can leave the COVID-19 in the big clubs of the old continent.

In the worst of the possible stages, if the fans can not fill the terracings during the year 2021, the three more competitive teams of LaLiga Santander, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic of Madrid, could suffer losses of until 48% of his current turnover. Centring us however in the current campaign, that still has not finished, in LaLiga calculate losses above the 600 million euros, a figure that in the global of the big European leagues rises to the 4.000 million euros.

The stage is not pleasant, taking into account that this course the pandemia will do to disappear between 13% and 30% of the annual income of the main European teams. From here, and of face to the campaign 2020-21, can give two contexts differentiated in function of how advance the coronavirus in Europe, of if there is already a vaccine and of the own decisions of the governments and federations in relation to the football.

With the hope to find a vaccine

The most positive panorama, the called "of fast recovery", would mean that the turnover of the big clubs descended between 4% and 13%, a lower evil that would be easily solventable in the coming seasons. This would be possible as long as it allowed the access of the fans to the stadiums from the first day of the next course.

The Premier League, LaLiga Santander -that it could return on 20 June- and the Bundesliga German -that already has restarted - will play what subtracts of season to enclosed door. On the other hand, in France, Holland and Belgium already have decided to cancel the leagues of the present campaign, awarding champions and classified for the next editions of European tournaments.

According to the German bank, not finishing the season would put in risk between 10% and 30% of the income by rights of television, a fall of until 30% in sponsorship and the prorrateado by the available fault by ticketing. From here that the three more important leagues of the old continent, beside the Series To Italian, for the moment are not posing said stage and are tightening all the possible to go back to play what before.

Así afectará el coronavirus a los grandes clubes de Europa
Like this it will affect the coronavirus to the big clubs of Europe

The worst of the stages, a ruin

Afterwards, clear is, find the worst of the stages: that it do not find a vaccine to time and that the next season 2020-21 have to contest also to enclosed door, as it will finish the present. In such a case, the income of the big teams could recortar in until 48% with regard to the last season (2019). "The rights of television would renegotiate with 20% of discount, as it splits of the show reduces when playing in empty stadiums; the income by ticketing, that of average represent 15% of the turnover of the 20 big European clubs, give by lost entirely", ensure sources of Deutsche Bank, collected by 'Expansion'.

Basing us in these calculations and forecasts, the most affected club would be the FC Barcelona, when treating of the entity that generated a greater turnover the past season, and that of face to the course 2020-21 could leave of ingresar until 450 million euros, more than half of his income of the campaign 2018-19 if it keeps the enclosed door in the estaidos. For this exercise, instead, the losses estimated rondarían between 120 and 260 millions, a very similar impact to the planned in the Real Madrid and in other big teams.

What do to counter the effects?

With the aim of paliar this important economic crisis and financial that they will have to face clubs like the FC Barcelona, foresee reductions of wages and of course of cost in the market of signings, that will suffer a radical cut by mere need. "According to The Football Observatory, the value of the market of signings all over the world will fall 28%, of 32.700 millions to 23.400 millions. But as it extend the Covid-19, the clubs prepare for a more severe fall", mentions in the article of 'Expansion'. The consequences of the pandemia of the coronavirus already are leaving see and, what more lengthen the situation, more difficult of cicatrizar will be the wounds.

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