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THE NEEDS OF THE BARÇA

'Operation exit' and salary reductions: The two urgent points of Barça

Published:11/11/2021 - 18:26h

Updated:11/11/2021 - 21:29h

Barça's economic situation is complicated and the club understands that if the wage bill is not lowered, with sales with capital gains and salary reductions, it will be impossible to go to the market

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They are many the urgencies that has the FC Barcelona of face to the wintry market. By a part, the culés are very conscious that it is necessary to reinforce the staff to compete by the titles and that they are necessary forwards of a lot of quality (of there that Raheem Sterling or Ferrán Torres are in the radar of the club), but in the another side of the coin is the reality of the Barcelona: as they are the things, is very difficult to go out to the market of signings if before they do not make drastic movements or that, at least, have an impact in the mass salarial.

The Barça has at present a limit salarial of less than 98 million euros, when the payrolls of the footballers rise to the 470 'kilos' in this moment. The club exceeds, obviously, the ceiling that 'imposes' LaLiga and has to grasp -maybe by long- to the rule of the '1 to 4', which establishes that by each four euros freed in sales with plusvalías or by reduction of wages, will be able to invest a euro in the registration of a new player. On the other hand, with the footballers that represent 5% of the total of the mass salarial, will apply the '1 to 2': by each two euros freed, will be able to have of one.

In this sense, the Barça has these two rules as 'mandamientos' for the next windows of transfers and are conscious that for this wintry market have a lot of work. The sales with plusvalías are the option more 'simple' to do gap to a new player, but it is necessary to take in account that the club still has a lot of amortizaciones pending and that, against of the 'ideal situation', are not many the players that would do his cases to abandon the City Condal in January.

They are four the players, mainly, that are in the door of exit: Álex Hill, Samuel Umtiti, Luuk of Jong and Net Walled. All in different conditions, but that turn into a quebradero of head for the Barcelona entity. The canterano, for example, is a compulsory exit because it does not have index card, neither in the first team neither in the Barça B, by what the club already had foreseen to achieve him some team in the month of January, but have not gone out to the light offer until the moment. In any case, Hill is a player very talentoso that it will be able to have his opportunity of gold out of Barcelona.

Second it is Samuel Umtiti that paints to be followed 'heating' the bench a season more. From the Camp Nou are conscious that any operation with the defender is positive because there is not amortización pending (his sale would be a plusvalía) and besides has a high wage, of some eight or nine 'kilos' net by season. The Barça does not have he and has not showed, at least up to now, that can surpass to his 'rivals' in the position. The big problem is the destination, place there is few or any team interested in him.

In any case, Umtiti has sounded in the diary of the Benfica after lesionara Lucas Veríssimo. The central broke the crusader and will be drop to the end of season. It exists the possibility that the Portuguese club recover the interest that had in his moment, during the summer, by the French defender of the Barça. For this, Umtiti would have to accept a significant reduction of his wage, a point that can be key so that it take the decision to go or no of the City Condal.

With Luuk of Jong the situation is complicated. It was a signing that, really, anybody comprised and that has happened unobserved because the reality is that it is very move# away of what the Barça needs. The 'advantage' is that it is the Seville the one who pays the whole of his wage and does not have 'effect' in the club culé, but yes is looking for an immediate exit for him because it has not given the size. For the moment, there are not clubs interested in his index card.

Net Walled, finally, already asked to go out in the summer and can that the Barça do not put 'peros' in January. The Brazilian remained because Marc-André ter Stegen came to be of drop and did not know by how long did not go to be available. Andl Arsenal sounded like an option for the guardameta, but now will be necessary to see if it keeps the interest. However, also it is necessary to be attentive to the one who will occupy his place, already was a canterano or new incorporation.

Discounts salariales: A quebradero of head

In addition to the exits 'compulsory' that has the Barça, the subject of the discounts salariales is paramount for the team. Already in the summer saw how the discounts of Gerard Hammered, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets 'caused' the registration of the new signings. From the club look forward to to concretise new reductions, but remains to know who will be the 'affected'. It is treating the subject of the renewal to the drop of Sergi Roberto, but carries several weeks braked.

In this sense, it is necessary to be alert with the players that more earn in the staff: Philippe Coutinho, that could be an available option, and earns some 22 million euros to the year. Likewise, Ousmane Dembélé (in roads of renewal) perceives other 17 'kilos' apróximadamente. They would be, in theory, the following in seeing reduced his wages, but there is not descartar the discounts of footballers like Frenkie of Jong, Marc-André ter Stegen...

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