Barca Fucked?
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Barca are masters at dragging others into their own dysfunction. So now Rafinha is waiting on them presenting a palatable offer to Leeds, while Chelsea are willing to pay more and Dembele is presumably waiting on the resolution of that saga to see if Barca will pick up the contract offer they’ve already agreed to or if he’ll have to go to Chelsea instead, who are apparently a clear second choice for both players. Everything is in limbo while they are finding “creative” solutions to pay for signings without actually paying - same with Lewandowski and Bayern, same with De Jong and United. At some point someone will just have to tell them to fuck off.
We and Coutinho still belong on that list, don't we? Chiselling b@stards.
Just done some research and you're right. Barcelona never did pay up but we sold the debt on (apparently they still owe the money).
It's weird that Barca are still trying to live beyond their means and lack an obvious direction in the transfer market.
They have a good enough team to finish in the CL places. Consolidate with young talent for a few years whilst continuing to pick up good bosmans.
Why go after the likes of Lewandowski and Raphina?
They have a good enough team to finish in the CL places. Consolidate with young talent for a few years whilst continuing to pick up good bosmans.
Why go after the likes of Lewandowski and Raphina?
I think we’d already seen the signs of the financial distress and Barcelona was going belly up.
You'd think the public would rather a couple of lean years, than go out of business though
Look at the UK public finances and tell me that
Difference with the public finances is that they were still going out of business, even after a few lean years. Barca is a behemoth who shouldn't be falling apart at the seems this easily
Yeah I know.
I think them having the elected leaders does contribute to this shit though.
I remember there was some documentary about their terrible 03/04 season and they seemed to have similar issues back then. You got the sense they struggled to live up to the expectation that they should have the most glamourous team in the world.
You have the sense that the sultan of Brunei or similar will buy than and sort it all out
Looks like they are finding money. Their media arms is worth $2bn? wow!
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Barcelona sells media rights stake to Sixth Street in bid to repair finances Deal with private equity group will deliver Spanish club more than €200mn over 25 years FC Barcelona’s Pedri, left, celebrates scoring with Ousmane Dembélé at Camp Nou stadium. The club’s financial descent was exacerbated by the pandemic when matches were played behind closed doors © Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Save Sara Germano in New York, Arash Massoudi and Samuel Agini in London JUNE 30 2022 13 Print this page Receive free FC Barcelona updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest FC Barcelona news every morning. FC Barcelona has agreed to sell a 10 per cent stake in its media rights to US investment group Sixth Street, in a deal that will deliver more than €200mn to shore up the Spanish football club’s troubled finances. The deal, announced on Thursday, will hand Sixth Street a slice of the Catalan club’s media rights for a 25-year period. The club may consider selling another 15 per cent stake later this summer, according to people familiar with the matter, which could allow Sixth Street to increase its share further. Barcelona’s financial health has been hampered by a pile-up of short-term debt obligations after a season that began with the departure of its longtime star, Lionel Messi. The club’s president Joan Laporta had likened its finances to a Formula One racing car that has run out of fuel, but said his aim was to “leave the pits and return to the front row of the grid to compete and win again”. The club opted to sell its own share of TV rights instead of participating in La Liga’s leaguewide €2bn deal with private equity group CVC Capital Partners, which provided a capital injection in exchange for 11 per cent of media rights over 50 years. La Liga, which runs the top two divisions in Spain, originally agreed a €2.7bn financing package, but was forced to reduce the size of the CVC deal because of opposition from Barça and Real Madrid, both of which refused to join. The two clubs, which receive a greater share than their rivals of the broadcast revenue generated by La Liga, failed in a late bid to thwart the CVC deal with a counterproposal to other clubs that involved bank financing. Spain’s two leading clubs — arch-rivals on the pitch but increasingly aligned off it — were founding members of the European Super League, an attempted breakaway competition that collapsed rapidly after its unveiling in April 2021. La Liga opposed the ESL and publicly criticised Barça and Real Madrid over their role in its creation. For Sixth Street, the deal comes soon after it agreed to a separate investment in Real Madrid. The San Francisco-based fund, which manages more than $60bn in assets, will pay €360mn to partner with Real Madrid on refurbishing its Santiago Bernabéu stadium and a live events package over a 20-year period. Sixth Street also has a minority stake in US basketball team San Antonio Spurs. The stake sale of Barcelona’s media rights was led by Key Capital, the Spanish brokerage that previously advised Real Madrid on its stadium deal with Sixth Street. It also follows a vote at Barcelona’s general assembly this month, which granted the club permission to sell stakes of up to 25 per cent in the Catalan football empire’s media rights and up to 49 per cent in Barça’s merchandising and sponsorship business. At the time, Barcelona said the assets had the potential to provide a €600mn boost. Barcelona’s financial descent was exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, when matches at its famous 99,000-capacity Camp Nou stadium were played behind closed doors. Despite the €222mn sale of Brazilian striker Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, Barcelona has over the years generated a deficit from player transfers. A high wage bill has added to the pressure and led to Messi’s departure to the same club. Only three clubs in Europe’s big five leagues have had a worse result from transfer dealings than Barcelona’s negative net spend of €650mn in the decade since summer 2012, according to research by CIES Football Observatory.
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Barcelona sells media rights stake to Sixth Street in bid to repair finances Deal with private equity group will deliver Spanish club more than €200mn over 25 years FC Barcelona’s Pedri, left, celebrates scoring with Ousmane Dembélé at Camp Nou stadium. The club’s financial descent was exacerbated by the pandemic when matches were played behind closed doors © Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images Save Sara Germano in New York, Arash Massoudi and Samuel Agini in London JUNE 30 2022 13 Print this page Receive free FC Barcelona updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest FC Barcelona news every morning. FC Barcelona has agreed to sell a 10 per cent stake in its media rights to US investment group Sixth Street, in a deal that will deliver more than €200mn to shore up the Spanish football club’s troubled finances. The deal, announced on Thursday, will hand Sixth Street a slice of the Catalan club’s media rights for a 25-year period. The club may consider selling another 15 per cent stake later this summer, according to people familiar with the matter, which could allow Sixth Street to increase its share further. Barcelona’s financial health has been hampered by a pile-up of short-term debt obligations after a season that began with the departure of its longtime star, Lionel Messi. The club’s president Joan Laporta had likened its finances to a Formula One racing car that has run out of fuel, but said his aim was to “leave the pits and return to the front row of the grid to compete and win again”. The club opted to sell its own share of TV rights instead of participating in La Liga’s leaguewide €2bn deal with private equity group CVC Capital Partners, which provided a capital injection in exchange for 11 per cent of media rights over 50 years. La Liga, which runs the top two divisions in Spain, originally agreed a €2.7bn financing package, but was forced to reduce the size of the CVC deal because of opposition from Barça and Real Madrid, both of which refused to join. The two clubs, which receive a greater share than their rivals of the broadcast revenue generated by La Liga, failed in a late bid to thwart the CVC deal with a counterproposal to other clubs that involved bank financing. Spain’s two leading clubs — arch-rivals on the pitch but increasingly aligned off it — were founding members of the European Super League, an attempted breakaway competition that collapsed rapidly after its unveiling in April 2021. La Liga opposed the ESL and publicly criticised Barça and Real Madrid over their role in its creation. For Sixth Street, the deal comes soon after it agreed to a separate investment in Real Madrid. The San Francisco-based fund, which manages more than $60bn in assets, will pay €360mn to partner with Real Madrid on refurbishing its Santiago Bernabéu stadium and a live events package over a 20-year period. Sixth Street also has a minority stake in US basketball team San Antonio Spurs. The stake sale of Barcelona’s media rights was led by Key Capital, the Spanish brokerage that previously advised Real Madrid on its stadium deal with Sixth Street. It also follows a vote at Barcelona’s general assembly this month, which granted the club permission to sell stakes of up to 25 per cent in the Catalan football empire’s media rights and up to 49 per cent in Barça’s merchandising and sponsorship business. At the time, Barcelona said the assets had the potential to provide a €600mn boost. Barcelona’s financial descent was exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, when matches at its famous 99,000-capacity Camp Nou stadium were played behind closed doors. Despite the €222mn sale of Brazilian striker Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, Barcelona has over the years generated a deficit from player transfers. A high wage bill has added to the pressure and led to Messi’s departure to the same club. Only three clubs in Europe’s big five leagues have had a worse result from transfer dealings than Barcelona’s negative net spend of €650mn in the decade since summer 2012, according to research by CIES Football Observatory.
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We sold the Coutiniho debt to someone else?
I'm sure sold that debt about a year after we sold him to barca
Wow, didn't know that was a thing in football finance.
Apparently its not as uncommon as you would think
Here it is, sure enough!
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spo...hilippe-coutinho-liverpool-barcelona-19700776
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spo...hilippe-coutinho-liverpool-barcelona-19700776
Especially if they eventually have to consider selling the club. The more decades worth of rights they sell off now, the more their value and desirability plummets.
Ousmane Dembele just extended his contract until 2024. So at the moment, they have:
Aubameyang
Depay
Ferran Torres
Dembele
Raphinha
Ansu Fati
… and they’re about to spend 50M on Lewandowski
That’s not counting any kids or Braithwaite. What the fuck are they thinking putting so many attacking players in their prime or past their prime in the team? This doesn’t make sense football-wise and certainly not financially.
Aubameyang
Depay
Ferran Torres
Dembele
Raphinha
Ansu Fati
… and they’re about to spend 50M on Lewandowski
That’s not counting any kids or Braithwaite. What the fuck are they thinking putting so many attacking players in their prime or past their prime in the team? This doesn’t make sense football-wise and certainly not financially.
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Many of these puzzle pieces also don’t seem to fit together. How do you play Aubameyang, Lewandowski and Ferran Torres or Depay together? Why do they need both Dembele and Raphinha for the RW? How will Ansu Fati’s development be affected?
The best Barca teams had basically 3 world-class starting forwards who always played + one who could step in for any of them + kids - that’s it. Having 7 relatively equally matched experienced attackers just seems like they can’t decide which of them they really trust.
The best Barca teams had basically 3 world-class starting forwards who always played + one who could step in for any of them + kids - that’s it. Having 7 relatively equally matched experienced attackers just seems like they can’t decide which of them they really trust.
A 25 year deal, in a rapid inflationary cycle is going to be worthless
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