Having a 34 year old striker on 360k a week, with his backup being 33 years old on 220k a week, and 3rd choice being 28 years old on 200k a week is tragic. Its not a small part. You now have right winners in Dembele and Raphinha at 25 years old who are on 260k and 240k per week. Christensen, who is decidedly average and will likely get benched very quickly, is given 200k a week. Kessie on 260k. And so on.
Just looking at the squad list, it's a shit show and not a good squad. There are 10 players that are aged 30 or above. Then when you factor in the wages and realize that they are in fact still giving out crazy wages to tons of average players or big contracts to end of career players... What the feck are they doing? So what is the big picture? Spending hundreds of millions on a squad that will need a complete revamp in 2 years, except in 2 years they will have less money to spend due to selling off future profits, for average players now? Its insane. All this talk about how they're changing the wage structure, but they're signing loads (and not even good signings) and spending big when they can't even register them without this boost, and this income is a 1 time boost. So what's the plan next year when they don't have this big boost in? Cut contracts again? Panic sell and get stuck with not enough players, except now you don't have a bail out? It makes no sense, and even if you ignore the financial suicidal nature... They are not even good signings. Which is the craziest part. You aren't mortgaging your future and spending smartly and buying younger stars who will be key players long term. You are mortgaging your future for squad players or end of career players.
- I have already told you that a large part of the levers are going to pay debt.
- Barcelona in 2 years will need a complete revamp? Barcelona has a lot of young and many are important already.
- Barcelona cannot register players by the Spanish FFP, if it were established in the premier league no team could register players either.
The big picture is this:
- Piqué, Alba, Busquets, FDJ and Ter Stegen =
€110M gross/year. These are the only players who are not on the pay scale yet.
- Lewa
€18M
- Araujo, Pedri, Gavi, Ansu, Depay, Raphinha, Pjanic, Auba, Kessie, Christensen, Dembele, F. Torres. =
€108M gross/year. These players are on the salary scale of 8-10M gross + variables. Variables will range between €1-3M and include winning titles.
Umtiti 6M, Neto 6M, S. Roberto 4M, Dest 5M, Nico 3M, R. Puig 3M, Braithwate 3M, Mingueza 3M, P. Torre 2M.
Total= 110+18+108+35=
271M
Right now, we'll see the players who are yet to come and go.When the five who earn the most are no longer there, Barcelona will have quite a salary margin.
If this year Barcelona's wage bill was 560 million, it is due to deferred salaries and the high amortizations they had from previous season.
There’s no point explaining the obvious to them. They think what they’re doing is marvelous.
Everyone on the outside, every single person in football not Barcelona connected, can see they’re playing a very very dangerous game.
They’re so arrogant that they’d sooner turn it into a hate thread than a discussion.
What is the obvious to you? You could give arguments and figures?
