Franck Kessié and Andreas Christensen, future signings of FC Barcelona

THE DIRECTIVE LOOKS FOR SOLUTIONS

Barça asks for patience: Christensen, Kessié and other signings must wait

Published:31/05/2022 - 23:11h

Updated:1/06/2022 - 07:05h

The finances of FC Barcelona are the first big obstacle to putting together the first team squad for 2022-23. At this point, the situation is so complex that no one can be signed or renewed, for which the board asks for patience

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The FC Barcelona has closed from does months the signings of Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessié. Nevertheless, the season 2021-22 has come to an end together with the month of May and, to these heights, any of the operations has been able to close. The complex financial situation of the club prevents him, for the time being, incorporate players and, even, renew members of the staff, a situation that Joan Laporta and Mateu Alemany expect to resolve at least inside two weeks.

15 days. That would be the term that the sportive direction has asked to Christensen and Kessié to close his signings. The club expects to receive an important injection of capital as a result of the sale of 49% of the Barça Licensing & Merchandising (BLM) and the cession of 25% of the rights of television, two negotiations that would leave in box near of 600 million euros that would allow to the club balance his have with regard to the margin salarial.

In this sense, for the managerial is vital to close the exercise of the 2021-22 without debts to be able to endeudarse in summer managing the reinforcements that Xavi Hernández requests to strengthen the staff. Of the same way, the Barça has the possibility to do box with some members of the staff, such sound the cases of Sergiño Dest, Memhpis Depay and Frenkie of Jong, three players that would leave a good quantity of money to manage reinforcements. The priority regarding signings aims to Robert Lewandowski, although the options of Raphinha and Rúben Neves follow 'to shot'.

So much the Brazilian like the Portuguese prioritise to arrive to Catalonia, to the equal that 'Lewi'. Further of the complicated financial situation of the institution, lyou players still wish to come to the club showing his confidence in the sportive project that leads Xavi. For the moment, the club insists in asking a term of two weeks and already quoted to the next Assembly of Compromisarios for 16 June. There it will know , at first hand, which type of staff is in conditions to arm the club.

Fanatics And Investindustrial, the best outlined to purchase the BLM

The sale of 49% of the Barça Licensing & Merchandising (BLM) can leave to the arks culés 300 'kilos' from Fanatics and Investindustrial, the two companies that bid with elder forces by the rights of image blaugranto. The consosrcio formed by the American multinational and the agent of capital of risk directed by the employer Andrea C. Bonomi Aims to take out the maximum benefit of the merchandising blaugrana to scale global, by which would be a business 'round' for all the parts.

To his time, Laporta and Alemany expect to close agreements with Goldman Sachs and CVC to obtain near of 270 'kilos' that amortise the debt of the club and destraben the problem with the 'fair play' financial and the limit of mass salarial. A lot of movements (exits, arrivals) can gestarse in summer, but all will have to await, at least, two weeks, until the next assembly of the club. The managerial search 'crowbars' that supply financial oxygen. It is question to achieve the money to begin, here yes, to speak of movements of market.

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