The coronavirus affects to the football

GRAVE ECONOMIC AFFECTATION

Great impact of coronavirus on transfers and player salaries

Published:30/03/2020 - 22:29h

Updated:30/03/2020 - 22:29h

The sanitary crisis caused by the coronavirus has moved to the world of the sport. The football has seen tremendously affected economically

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The world of the football has had to detain owing to the fast propagation of the pandemia of the coronavirus. All the competitions have suspended , owing to this the clubs have left of ingresar money and, if the situation lengthens , could have consequences devastadoras for all to economic level. By the moment, already have had to take drastic measures.

The financial muscle of the clubs has reduced considerably owing to the fault of income, by what the players will have to collaborate and adapt his wages to these new extraordinary conditions. This gesture by part of the sportsmen is no only necessary so that some clubs can carry better the crisis, but key so that others avoid his disappearance.

In fact, they have declared the ERTE of teams like the Athletic of Madrid, the RCD Espanyol or the Sportive Alavés, whereas Josep Maria Bartomeu denies that in the FC Barcelona have given this case since the reduction of the 70 percent of the wages of the staff​ has been fully agreed. In the next days, could add new cases of clubs and, in fact, in Europe already know some cases like the one of the Juventus or the Bayern of Munich.

Thus, it is of extreme need can finish the competitions. Esteve Shod, adviser delegated of PrimeTime Sport, analysed for Five Days the delicate situation. "If it does not finish the season with normality, already was playing to enclosed door, but especially if it does not play , there will be another that reduce the costs. And where is the money is in the wages of the players, by what will have to achieve some type of agreement", ensured.

Impact in the market of traspasos

The fault of income of the clubs will cause an important fault of economic capacity to fund the signings of this summer, by what will disappear these millionaire signings seen during the last years, that surpassed the barrier of the 100 'kilos'. They will obtain prominence the compulsory conveyances with option to buy and, in reason of the overtaking of the calendar, the period of signings will be much shorter. Circumstances that will reduce a lot the number of signings.

Javier Torres, director in KPMG Sports, warned of this repercussion: "The impact in the short term is unavoidable and yes seems that the market of signings will see affected in the short term". Esteve Shod also coincided: "Whatever happens there will be an impact in the confidence. The clubs will be more precavidos when having seen in a situation of vertigo, by what is to expect a market to the drop".

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