Barcelona €100m short of reaching summer without transfer restrictions

Barcelona were hoping to sanitise their finances this summer, but the lack of payment from their sale of Barca Vision has damaged their potential spending power. The Catalan giants are due €60m from German investment fund Libero this summer, in addition to the €40m that they have not paid from last summer.

There have been fears that if Barcelona do not manage to make up the money they are owed from that sale, they would have to convert the €400m valuation of Barca Vision into losses, which would torpedo the financial situation, requiring huge funds to make up for the losses of last season on the balance sheet. There have also been whispers that the €100m loan that is being negotiated currently is necessary to pay their top salaries in August.

However Relevo say that the €100m required from Libero is key to understanding the financial situation this summer. If they were to reach that figure, via payments or other means, then Barcelona would be in line to return to the 1:1 ratio of spending under La Liga rules, for the first summer since the economic levers. Another avenue of obtaining that money is the reported  €1.3b sponsorship deal with Nike.

It would also see their salary limit skyrocket. This season the figure was placed at €270m, but reduced after he January transfer window to about €204m. If they were to find the €100m missing in their accounts, then they would have a salary limit of €530m this summer.