Barcelona’s spending cap for season increased by £700m after selling assets as they register Bellerin and Alonso
BARCELONA’s spending cap for the season has increased by £700million after leveraging club assets this summer.
The Catalan club registered new signings Hector Bellerin and Marcos Alonso ahead of their clash with Cadiz this weekend.
LaLiga confirmed on Friday that Barca had generated the income after a year of financial turmoil at the Nou Camp.
They sold 25 per cent of their domestic TV rights for the next 25 years and 49 per cent stake of its local TV production ‘Barca Studios’.
It’s allowed them to spend a whopping £130m on players this summer.
It is a far cry from the summer of 2021 when the cash situation was so dire they were forced to let Lionel Messi leave for free.
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The superstar was believed to be close to agreeing a new contract but financial restrictions meant the deal could not be finalised.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner departed for Paris Saint-Germain.
But thanks to leveraging the club’s assets this term, top marksman Robert Lewandowski confirmed his transfer from Bayern Munich.
Lewandowski, 33, forced through an exit from the Allianz Arena and put pen to paper on a four-year contract at the Nou Camp.
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The transfer saw Barcelona pay £38million with a further £4m in add-ons.
His release clause has been set at a staggering £426m should anyone try and buy the Polish international.
They also nabbed Jules Kounde away from Chelsea’s grasp.
The Spanish side beat the Blues to the Sevilla centre-back on a five-year which cost them up to £46million.
Kounde, 23, claimed team boss Xavi – previously a Nou Camp midfield genius – was a major lure in choosing Barcelona.
Andreas Christensen, Franck Kessie, Hector Bellerin and Marcos Alonso all arrived on free transfers.