The club’s biggest area of spending is its wage bill, an area of spending that represents 74 percent of the club’s income. It’s a situation that, according to sources consulted by Ghanabet, is quite worrying at the club, which has led to the negotiations to defer salaries since the outbreak of the pandemic.
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Barca also owes a total of €126m (£112m/$153m) to other clubs, stemming from several transfer deals that the club has conducted in recent years. The club still owes €29m (£26m/$35m) to Liverpool for the signing of Philippe Coutinho, €16m (£14m/$19m) to Ajax for Frenkie de Jong, and nearly €10m (£9m/$12m) to Bordeaux for Malcolm, with each requiring payments by June 30.
Helping offset that are several transfers that Barca is still owed money on themselves, including Zenit’s move for Malcom, Getafe‘s signing of Marc Cucurella, and Roma‘s deal for Carles Perez, with that number totaling €46m (£41m/$56m).
Barcelona ended the club’s 2019-20 campaign with net debt of €488m (£434m/$593m), and the club has been negotiating a delay of those payments with its creditors, pointing to the impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the club’s finances
The return of fans was expected to make the club €56m (£50m/$68m) this campaign, with the club expecting a capacity of 25% in February and 50% from May onwards. However, with no date in sight for the return of fans to Camp Nou, it appears that plan will not come to fruition, robbing the club of a major potential revenue stream.
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