He inscribed his new sponsor on his shirt, but for nothing! »Barcelona cannot dribble financial fair-play

At Hansi Flick's workouts this week, the players of the Spanish champion appeared with the new sponsor on the shirts. This is the campaign to promote the image of the African state RD Congo, an agreement that will pump in Barcelona's accounts, 11 million euros in each of the next four years.

“He has to balance his budget between income and expenses”

However, the account made by Joan Laporta did not suit the judgment of the Spanish League. The amount received as sponsorship It will not be used, at least in the short term, nor to enroll new players, nor to increase the limit of amounts spent in this Mercatoas the Catalan Sport daily writes.

How will Joan Laporta, the president of Barcelona, ​​play, and in this case against FFP? / Photo: Imago

“In order to understand this, we must analyze the regulation. The income that are taken into account for the cost limit limit (SCCL), the famous “fair play”, include “the revenues obtained from audiovisual rights, the receipts from the matches, the competitions, as well as the commercial revenues (advertising, sponsorships, etc.)”.

In other words, on paper, contracts such as Congo should lift the available salary ceiling. The economic rules of the stable that all clubs must «Adjust their budgets to balance between income and expenses» and that the expenses with the personnel exceeding the generated limit are forbidden.

Only when this balance is achieved, the new revenues have a real impact on the salary ceiling. If it does not happen, the revenues must be used to pay the debt of the institution ”, explained the source.

Sport.es: “The contract with Congo is not the key to the legitimacy of the players, nor for the new transfers of Barcelona!”

In fact, Barcelona continues to operate under the “excess club” label. That is, until he will definitively balance his accounts at 1: 1 (condition that he will hardly fulfill before closing the transfer period, without approving the club management for the VIP places from Spotify Camp), Any extraordinary income – whether it is a new sponsorship, a commercial contract or increasing the number of subscriptions – cannot be transferred immediately to LCPD and used to register the players.

On the last hundred meters was also registered Marcus Rashford, who will receive 8 million euros per season at Barcelona / photomontage: Hasan Karim – Breaking Media

The Catalan daily concludes: “Hence the paradox. Although the agreement with Congo is a medium -term oxygen mouth, it is not, in itself, the key to legitimizing players or new transfers.

First of all, Barcelona must achieve the necessary balance. Only then will he be able to benefit from sponsorship when calculating the salary ceiling.

La Liga sources ensure that once Barça will be able to return to 1: 1, LCPD will be updated immediately, and the club will be able to count on advertising revenues from the agreement with the Government of RD Congo to increase the expense limit. We will see if Barça succeeds before 1 September
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