{"id":14709,"date":"2025-06-28T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/barcelona-finishes-paying-off-deferred-contracts-in-2020_313281_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:30:03","slug":"barcelona-finishes-paying-off-deferred-contracts-in-2020_313281_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/barcelona-finishes-paying-off-deferred-contracts-in-2020_313281_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Messi, Coutinho, Umitti\u2026 Bar\u00e7a settles its deferred debts from 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
The board of directors of FC Barcelona<\/a> has finally managed to get rid of the economic burden derived from the management of Josep Bartomeu and the losses generated by the covid-19 pandemic. At the end of 2020, the then Azulgrana president presented his resignation and the management board, led by Carles Tusquets, began negotiations with the team’s referents to defer their salaries.<\/p> While players like Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen<\/a>, Frenkie de Jong<\/a> and Gerard Piqu\u00e9<\/a> chose to renew in the long term to defer their emoluments (‘Geri’ retired in 2022, forgiving a good part of his remaining salary), other players such as Leo Messi<\/a>, Samuel Umtiti and Philippe Coutinho<\/strong> left the club with outstanding debts.<\/p> In total, the club deferred 121.7 million euros in salaries and variable bonuses for players and coaches<\/strong>. This month, the club settled the last 16 ‘kilos’ of a debt transferred in eight semi-annual installments, with payments made in the months of June and December of 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, ending in the summer of 2025.<\/p> That is how 20 first-team players negotiated a salary deferral, with Leo Messi logically accumulating a greater debt with the club. ‘La Pulga’ was billing 47.6 million euros at that time<\/strong> and agreed to defer 42.9% of his annual fixed emoluments, along with 100% of the variable bonuses.<\/p> Bar\u00e7a finally manages to settle its debt with Leo Messi<\/h2>