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and why should a club care about the opinions of other clubs fans?Legally you may be ok but morally your club is in the sewer.
and why should a club care about the opinions of other clubs fans?Legally you may be ok but morally your club is in the sewer.
No, it is definitely working as intended.The 5 messages rules per day is frustrating...
You're beyond help if you think Barcelona are currently in a better state than Chelsea. The only reason I can think of to choose Barcelona over Chelsea at the moment is the climate.The 5 messages rules per day is frustrating... i had messages that i couldn't post, then i forget and by the time i'm back we have another 2-3 pages so it doesn't make sense anymore...
what banks exactly? and how? can you please elaborate?
not a single bank was rescued in the previous crisis. not a single private bank, only public "banks" (which are not called "banks" in spain anyway as they are a different, non for profit, thing, and managed by politicians).
why do you say that we cannot cover operating costs? wage bill has been reduced over 200M, in the next 2 years it will decrease another 50-60 minimum. last year 560 was "fake" because it included one time payments that won't be repeated. at this moment we are at real madrid levels or a little bit more, due to busquets, fdf, alba, pique and ter stegen, that are the only ones that are not in the new scale salary. chelsea has offered kounde more money than what we are paying lewa (and he is a top earner next 2 years in the new scale). from the 500M lost last year, the "real" lose was less than 200 (the rest were one time payments and extra savings for potential costs). so we should already be able to balance that or to be very close.
barça will get away with bankrupt for non bootballing reasons, those non footballing reasons are paying what we owe by ourselves.
laliga is not going to come with any new rule. they could have done it last year (when the situation was way worse) and they did nothing, they just followed the rules. messi had to leave because we couldnt keep him even if playing for free. we could pay 0 to messi and we werent abile to register him anyway. losing messi for free when you can keep him for free is a easy to sell situation but laliga never accepted that. and they did it right. no special rules should be applied to anyone.
besides, tebas is not happy with barcelona due to SL and the fact that barcelona rejected CVC (waaaay worse operation than the "levers").
those are way overpaid players with long and ridiculous contracts.
apparently players see otherwise. they trust barça more than chelsea. makes sense since they dont know if chelsea new owners will continue to post 200M of losses per year and will be covered as they were by the criminal's war friend. will chelsea come back to be just another mid table team as it has always been until the russian oligarc came in? considering chelsea revenue is way lower than barça, does it makes sense offering kounde almost twice as barça? does kounde deserve a higher salary than lewandowsky this year? is it sustainable without being the toy of a criminal's war friend? maybe players takes that into account too.
laporta has always said that the levers are BAD and that they wouldnt do it in normal situation, does it sound like "genius collecting money sitting around"? board has always said that it is a bad operation, but it is the least bad option they have.
the last loan signed with GS was at 1.98% rate, not 3% (maybe that's another). we could sell 3 times what we have sold and we would still have higher revenues than chelsea, who is offering higher salaries, so... what?
for those who doubt, and for you, who obviously have 0 knowledge about anything related to barça rather your full time hate job. why did barça return 100M to GS at that rate? well... reason is that the loan barça took from them (at 1.98%) was backed by 90% of the LaLiga tv rights, so it was fine to sell 10%. However, they needed to negotiate with GS as they couldnt sell the rest because it was used as collateral for the GS loan. They negotiated and Barça cancelled 100M of the debt to be able to freed those TV rights. that is why it was done in 2 rounds to the same buyers (Sixth Street).
and obviously, if you have a debt and you need a loan you are taking and advance.
and other "big teams" will be sued if they signed something and they want to break a contract. if you dont want something, dont sign it.
I didn't say they should but I can honestly say I would be deeply ashamed of my club if it was acting like Barca.and why should a club care about the opinions of other clubs fans?
Maybe it belongs to the Kounde thread instead of here but since you mentioned it, I feel like I have to correct you. Chelsea's contract offer for Kounde was €9M a year gross before tax, as stated by Fabrizio Romano. I find it really hard to believe Barcelona's offer is only half of that. A healthy amount of source criticism goes a long way in the era of fake news so perhaps you shouldn't blindly believe everything the Barca propaganda machine are telling you.apparently players see otherwise. they trust barça more than chelsea. makes sense since they dont know if chelsea new owners will continue to post 200M of losses per year and will be covered as they were by the criminal's war friend. will chelsea come back to be just another mid table team as it has always been until the russian oligarc came in? considering chelsea revenue is way lower than barça, does it makes sense offering kounde almost twice as barça? does kounde deserve a higher salary than lewandowsky this year? is it sustainable without being the toy of a criminal's war friend? maybe players takes that into account too.
Maybe fan opinions don't matter but the players aren't blind either. If your club continues to treat your own players like garbage, eventually other players might start having second thoughts about even joining your lot.and why should a club care about the opinions of other clubs fans?
chelsea has been a bottomless pit of money. 200M losses per year for 20 years. only possible because a friend of a war criminal has been stealing his country for decades and sent that bloody money to chelsea as a toy.You're beyond help if you think Barcelona are currently in a better state than Chelsea. The only reason I can think of to choose Barcelona over Chelsea at the moment is the climate.
i love you too my friendNo, it is definitely working as intended.
of course, and barça has to pay all the money the contracts say.In that case Barcelona need to pay all of their players the wages they agreed to when they signed them and stop bleating and whining about them being overpaid and insisting they need to take pay cuts. This is the crux of why everybody is sickened with Barca right now. Legally you may be ok but morally your club is in the sewer.
Are you getting the 200M losses per year for 20 years from the same calculator you lot are using for Barca's increased stadium revenues? Because that's not even close to being true.chelsea has been a bottomless pit of money. 200M losses per year for 20 years. only possible because a friend of a war criminal has been stealing his country for decades and sent that bloody money to chelsea as a toy.
players seem to think otherwise. they are more vested on this matter so i guess they will have other reasons aside of the climate.
Caixa bank and other local banksThe 5 messages rules per day is frustrating... i had messages that i couldn't post, then i forget and by the time i'm back we have another 2-3 pages so it doesn't make sense anymore...
what banks exactly? and how? can you please elaborate?
not a single bank was rescued in the previous crisis. not a single private bank, only public "banks" (which are not called "banks" in spain anyway as they are a different, non for profit, thing, and managed by politicians).
why do you say that we cannot cover operating costs? wage bill has been reduced over 200M, in the next 2 years it will decrease another 50-60 minimum. last year 560 was "fake" because it included one time payments that won't be repeated. at this moment we are at real madrid levels or a little bit more, due to busquets, fdf, alba, pique and ter stegen, that are the only ones that are not in the new scale salary. chelsea has offered kounde more money than what we are paying lewa (and he is a top earner next 2 years in the new scale). from the 500M lost last year, the "real" lose was less than 200 (the rest were one time payments and extra savings for potential costs). so we should already be able to balance that or to be very close.
barça will get away with bankrupt for non bootballing reasons, those non footballing reasons are paying what we owe by ourselves.
laliga is not going to come with any new rule. they could have done it last year (when the situation was way worse) and they did nothing, they just followed the rules. messi had to leave because we couldnt keep him even if playing for free. we could pay 0 to messi and we werent abile to register him anyway. losing messi for free when you can keep him for free is a easy to sell situation but laliga never accepted that. and they did it right. no special rules should be applied to anyone.
besides, tebas is not happy with barcelona due to SL and the fact that barcelona rejected CVC (waaaay worse operation than the "levers").
those are way overpaid players with long and ridiculous contracts.
apparently players see otherwise. they trust barça more than chelsea. makes sense since they dont know if chelsea new owners will continue to post 200M of losses per year and will be covered as they were by the criminal's war friend. will chelsea come back to be just another mid table team as it has always been until the russian oligarc came in? considering chelsea revenue is way lower than barça, does it makes sense offering kounde almost twice as barça? does kounde deserve a higher salary than lewandowsky this year? is it sustainable without being the toy of a criminal's war friend? maybe players takes that into account too.
laporta has always said that the levers are BAD and that they wouldnt do it in normal situation, does it sound like "genius collecting money sitting around"? board has always said that it is a bad operation, but it is the least bad option they have.
the last loan signed with GS was at 1.98% rate, not 3% (maybe that's another). we could sell 3 times what we have sold and we would still have higher revenues than chelsea, who is offering higher salaries, so... what?
for those who doubt, and for you, who obviously have 0 knowledge about anything related to barça rather your full time hate job. why did barça return 100M to GS at that rate? well... reason is that the loan barça took from them (at 1.98%) was backed by 90% of the LaLiga tv rights, so it was fine to sell 10%. However, they needed to negotiate with GS as they couldnt sell the rest because it was used as collateral for the GS loan. They negotiated and Barça cancelled 100M of the debt to be able to freed those TV rights. that is why it was done in 2 rounds to the same buyers (Sixth Street).
and obviously, if you have a debt and you need a loan you are taking and advance.
and other "big teams" will be sued if they signed something and they want to break a contract. if you dont want something, dont sign it.
What salary will Koulibaly have at Chelsea?Maybe it belongs to the Kounde thread instead of here but since you mentioned it, I feel like I have to correct you. Chelsea's contract offer for Kounde was €9M a year gross before tax, as stated by Fabrizio Romano. I find it really hard to believe Barcelona's offer is only half of that. A healthy amount of source criticism goes a long way in the era of fake news so perhaps you shouldn't blindly believe everything the Barca propaganda machine are telling you.
Could you tell me Chelsea's spending on salaries + amortization?And btw, Chelsea's wages to turnover ratio is on a much healthier percentage than Barcelona's so you tell me, is it sustainable or not? If not, then your club is fecked.
That's your opinion and it's fair.I didn't say they should but I can honestly say I would be deeply ashamed of my club if it was acting like Barca.
The club won't continue with that kind of treatment of course. It's only done with contracts signed by bartomeu, which the club simply can't afford. They run out, every new season there are less and less barto contracts. Why should Laporta behave like that on contracts he signs? He's never done it before. He just tries to get rid of those criminally high barto wages.Maybe fan opinions don't matter but the players aren't blind either. If your club continues to treat your own players like garbage, eventually other players might start having second thoughts about even joining your lot.
It's about money, if you have enough money you behave one way and no money another way.I don’t remember Chelsea ever forcing players into wage deferrals or threatening them with sale if they refuse to comply.
I also don’t remember Chelsea signing players while owing so much money in backlogged payments to other members of their staff for work that has already been done.
It’s not about the finances, debt, ammortisation or anything of that sort. It’s about the immoral conduct and complete lack of ethics the club is currently showing. It’s a disgrace and there is no one who will defend it bar the clubs own fans.
Koulibaly's salary is €18m a year before tax (€10M net). Makes sense he'd be offered more because he's proven his level for a much longer period of time than Kounde and is getting his last big pay day.What salary will Koulibaly have at Chelsea?
I find the offer of €4.5M net per year per Koundé a bit low.
Barcelona will offer Kounde a net €6M approximately.
The latest published accounts (season 2020/21) show a wage bill of £332M (includes non-playing staff as well) and amortisation £162M. Overall wages+amortisation £495M.Could you tell me Chelsea's spending on salaries + amortization?
How much is the turnover ratio?
I have read that Chelsea have a debt of 800M, is it true?
No. They don't, and they shouldn't.and why should a club care about the opinions of other clubs fans?
In the balance of the season 21-22 enters 10% of the television rights sold.We don't yet know what 2021 is, but it will have to be a huge loss too given covid and the Europa League.
Wasn't sure what their FY was, but ok. That's a one-time thing though, doesn't really help operating costs in the long term. In fact, the financiers are banking on it hurting.In the balance of the season 21-22 enters 10% of the television rights sold.
Some media speak of profits of between €80-100M.
Make that 10. It's infuriating that Utd didn't seriously bid for FdJ in 2019 or for Kounde in 2021.Horrible team, dislikable for so many reasons. But one thing they have proven again to us. It is that you don't need 4 fecking years to rebuild and compete for trophies.
United are working on a "mess of a club" advertising campaign to convince our players to tear up their contacts, inspired by Barca.Wasn't sure what their FY was, but ok. That's a one-time thing though, doesn't really help operating costs in the long term. In fact, the financiers are banking on it hurting.
It all comes down to being able to convince players to essentially rip up contracts and further not be paid those 'deferred' covid payments. If players choose to because of their belief in mes que un club then we should probably just be impressed.
The only players with salaries off the salary scale are Piqué, Alba, Busquets, FDJ and Ter Stegen.Wasn't sure what their FY was, but ok. That's a one-time thing though, doesn't really help operating costs in the long term. In fact, the financiers are banking on it hurting.
It all comes down to being able to convince players to essentially rip up contracts and further not be paid those 'deferred' covid payments. If players choose to because of their belief in mes que un club then we should probably just be impressed.
Thanks, it is a pleasure to answer people like you that do not just insult.@FCBarcelona - I appreciate your optimism and that you bother to post on here, but one thing above all stands out to me about this current predicament, to quote the Swiss Ramble: This means that #FCBarcelona had a huge €173m operating loss in 2020 (i.e. excluding player sales & interest), making €432m in last 3 years. Three “Super League” clubs had higher losses (Juventus, Milan & #MCFC), but these are all supported by owners – in contrast to Barca.
We don't yet know what 2021 is, but it will have to be a huge loss too given covid and the Europa League.
The SR further points out that Barca's operating loss is 'only' 432m because of player sales in that time being near 400m (lots on Neymar).
So, from my ignorant point of view, even in pre-covid days of revenue, the only way that Barca could even manage the highest operating loss in European football was on massive player sales.
So how does Barca continue to operate without said player sales (which you seem to think are not required) and at the same time increase operating costs due to singings and new wages?
All that adds up to one thing for me: Barca would LOVE to sell Frenkie and any other asset (Dembele) in order to stop bleeding cash.
omg, why didn’t every other team think about that!and other "big teams" will be sued if they signed something and they want to break a contract. if you dont want something, dont sign it.
The proof will be in the pudding. All things being equal, the next big 'star' to choose his destination say between Madrid and Barca will have to take into account Barca being unable to come close on wages. Or Barca will try to compete, and get back into the same problem it's currently in. All the while having sacrificed future earnings, and of course having huge debt.The only players with salaries off the salary scale are Piqué, Alba, Busquets, FDJ and Ter Stegen.
Busquets is his last year of contract. Piqué and Alba have 2 years of contract. Barcelona will look for a reduction in their salaries but they have only a few years left on their contract.
Barcelona have also finished the amortizacion of Coutinho and Dembele, and this is Griezzman's final year.
The club is lowering the wage bill but it takes time.
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game, set, matchIn that case Barcelona need to pay all of their players the wages they agreed to when they signed them and stop bleating and whining about them being overpaid and insisting they need to take pay cuts. This is the crux of why everybody is sickened with Barca right now. Legally you may be ok but morally your club is in the sewer.
IndeedHorrible team, dislikable for so many reasons. But one thing they have proven again to us. It is that you don't need 4 fecking years to rebuild and compete for trophies.
Barca already had a decent squad even with all their failed signings. Just wasn't good enough to challenge RM. Sevilla, Atletico, and maybe another club don't have the full season power to displace Barcelona even if they are weaker.Indeed
Barcelona's competing in a less competitive league than Man Utd are. Regardless of the failings of the Utd hierarchy during this period you always have to take that into account.Horrible team, dislikable for so many reasons. But one thing they have proven again to us. It is that you don't need 4 fecking years to rebuild and compete for trophies.
How about that new CB?Wow all the new signings looking fantastic so far. Just pre season against Madrid but really looking forward to the new season.
The team they've assembled could easily compete in the Premier League and is currently better than ours, in my opinion, so thats no excuse really.Barcelona's competing in a less competitive league than Man Utd are. Regardless of the failings of the Utd hierarchy during this period you always have to take that into account.
In the coming years and with a fairly complete squad, Barcelona should sign players who finish their contract, last year of contract and players from the academy.The proof will be in the pudding. All things being equal, the next big 'star' to choose his destination say between Madrid and Barca will have to take into account Barca being unable to come close on wages. Or Barca will try to compete, and get back into the same problem it's currently in. All the while having sacrificed future earnings, and of course having huge debt.
The reason so many people are (rightly imo) balking at Barca's behaviour is they're only paying lip service to being in 'austerity mode'. With the same mouth Barca are saying to Frenkie, Ter Stegen etc 'listen we're broke, so we need you guys to forgo, say, 10m a season between you' - oh and we're taking that 10m and sinking it right back into a Lewandowski, or Christensen etc.
If Barca would both reducing contracts AND agreeing not to make big signings, but instead focussing on the academy then it would be a congruent strategy. As it is, it looks more like having and cake and eating it.
I admire your optimism, but if it was all that easy, I don't think we'd be having this discussion.In the coming years and with a fairly complete squad, Barcelona should sign players who finish their contract, last year of contract and players from the academy.
While they have just paid amortizations and the players with the highest contracts leave.
OkayThe team they've assembled could easily compete in the Premier League and is currently better than ours, in my opinion, so thats no excuse really.
Barcelona luckily still has the power of attraction, the players want to come.I admire your optimism, but if it was all that easy, I don't think we'd be having this discussion.
In the end, clubs like City, PSG, Chelsea and now Newcastle are in competition for players with Barcelona. Those clubs don't have to rely on revenues to exist, so the temptation will always be there to reach beyond means.
Of course, in a sensible 'sporting competition' such inequities would never exist, but this is football, where we all pray at the altar of the almighty dollar.
You'd think this would be their future strategy...we'll wait and see.In the coming years and with a fairly complete squad, Barcelona should sign players who finish their contract, last year of contract and players from the academy.
While they have just paid amortizations and the players with the highest contracts leave.
A player with an expired contract usually attracts large sign on fees and agents fees as opposed to having a transfer fee involved. Will be extremely interesting to see just how much you have to agents this summer. There’s attracting players and then there’s attracting agents.Barcelona luckily still has the power of attraction, the players want to come.
Every year there are players who finish their contract and can be signed.
Barcelona will have to be attentive and move well.
In addition, the economic effort was made this year. In the coming years it is time to spend little. There is no other option.
Chelsea have been getting destroyed by Barca when it comes to signing new players. They’ve literally lost out on Kounde, and raphinha and Newcastle isn’t exactly a place non Brit’s will be clamouring to play for. People vastly underestimate the pull Barca and Madrid have.I admire your optimism, but if it was all that easy, I don't think we'd be having this discussion.
In the end, clubs like City, PSG, Chelsea and now Newcastle are in competition for players with Barcelona. Those clubs don't have to rely on revenues to exist, so the temptation will always be there to reach beyond means.
Of course, in a sensible 'sporting competition' such inequities would never exist, but this is football, where we all pray at the altar of the almighty dollar.