Barça has been forced to activate the fourth economic lever this Tuesday in order to register the signings before the start of the League, according to the program Què t'hi jugues of Cadena Ser. In the absence of an official announcement, the entity The Barcelona player has agreed to sell another 25% of Barça Studios to the GDA Luma fund for 100 million euros.
Continuing with the information from the radio media, LaLiga will notify Barça within two days if this new operation is sufficient to accommodate all the players, although the Catalan club believes that in order to comply with the fair play regulations there are still 30 missing and 40 million, which they hope to achieve with the salary reduction of some players.
As explained by La Vanguardia, Gerard Piqué is finalizing an important salary cut that will allow him to obtain a large salary margin gain. The agreement with the center-back could be announced before Friday to help the registrations. The first captain, Sergio Busquets, has also shown a good predisposition to help the club in this matter.
In this way, the signings Lewandowski, Koundé, Raphinha, Christensen and Kessie, in addition to the renewed Sergi Roberto and Dembélé, are closer to dressing short in the first game of the official season on Saturday against Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou . The club also wants to adjust the salary of Frenkie de Jong, one of the highest in the squad, but at the moment there is no agreement with the Dutchman.
Once the activation of the fourth lever is confirmed, Barça will have obtained a total of 867 million for the transfer of 25% of the television rights for 25 years to the Sixth Street fund and for the sale of 49.5% of Barça Studios, 24.5% of which was already sold to Socios.com last week for another 100 million euros.
The compromise partners gave permission to the club in the assembly of June 16 for the sale of this percentage of the assets. They also approved negotiating the sale of 49% of BLM, the club's merchandising sector, but for now the club has preferred to maintain full control of this plot in the absence of a satisfactory offer.
