LaLiga made public the revision of the salary limit of the First and Second Division clubs. After the winter market, Barça sees that threshold reduced by 7.6 million euros compared to last summer. Its cost has dropped from 656.429 million euros to 648.824, being together with Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla, Espanyol and Getafe the only club in which the figure has decreased.
A panoramic photograph that does not mean at all that facing the summer transfer market the blaugrana entity has room to sign. “Barça has carried out non-recurring operations (levers) that have allowed it to pay the expenses of this season, but not those of the next. Either you increase your income or if you don't get it, you must reduce your expenses by selling players. You can also do a mix of the two options. They will have to reduce some 200 million in the salary mass ”, insisted the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas.
The departure of Bellerín, Piqué and Memphis and the sale of Griezmann helped the blaugrana entity to lower their salary bill. However, the general director of LaLiga, Javier Gómez, warned that "the salary reduction presented by the departure of Piqué and Griezmann, who were the players whose contracts expired beyond this season, only count for this course, not for the next".
Gavi's registration was also discussed, in an act called by LaLiga at its Madrid headquarters. FC Barcelona has a very precautionary measure in its favor that forced the employers to register the player, although it can be withdrawn if the judge agrees with LaLiga, which will make a move. “We will file an appeal next week. When a club has made exceptional operations or levers, you have it covered for one year, but for the following years you must send a plan to analyze it. You have to comply with the treasury plan,” Tebas stated.
In addition to Barcelona, Seville, Espanyol, Getafe and Atlético de Madrid. The rojiblanco team is the one that has fallen the most, from 341,040,000 to 315,826,000 million. As for the rest of the First Division teams, Real Madrid has a limit of 683,462,000 euros, the same amount as in September 2022. On the other hand, Betis, Cádiz, Mallorca, Valencia, Celta, Rayo Vallecano, Girona and Almería have raised their salary limit as of September 2022.
The Negreira case also enjoyed prominence in Javier Tebas' press conference. The president of the employers' association pointed out that "I am concerned about the image of LaLiga" and announced that "if the Prosecutor's Office does not present a complaint, the League will present it. And if the Prosecutor's Office files a complaint and a court opens an instruction, LaLiga will appear as a private prosecution. We have already submitted a brief to the Prosecutor's Office. We are going to be active, we are not going to wait for anyone to enter ex officio. We will go all the way," he said.
The harshest statements were addressed to the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta. "We have received deep concern on the part of the clubs and for the reputational damage that this causes to Spanish football. Also from Barcelona, who have told us that they are investigating. If Laporta does not explain the Negreira case well, I think he should resign," he said.
