A salary of 10 million for João Félix in the eyes of economic fair play, a registration – that of Iñigo Martínez – that was only carried out until the end of this season despite having a contract until 2025. And an amount guaranteed by Laporta and his board that It amounts to 18.5 million euros to be able to register the pending contracts of the footballers after the failed sales attempts of the famous Barça Vision lever, the company in charge of the creation, production and marketing of the club’s entire audiovisual offer. These are the details that Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, has revealed on his personal Twitter account in a warm-up that sought to deny information from El Español. The indiscretion of the president of the employers’ association has not sat well with the club, which had never before reported these details.
In the case of João Félix, Tebas revealed that LaLiga multiplied the agreed remuneration by 10 but only for the purposes of economic fair play. It was known that the Portuguese accepted a much lower salary than what he had been earning at Atlético de Madrid in order to be able to join Barcelona on loan until the end of the season.
As for guarantees, it is beginning to be a fairly common resource. It all started in August 2022 when Laporta and treasurer Ferran Olivé contributed 11 million euros to register Jules Koundé. The entity, without salary margin, opted for the route of article 92, which indicates that there is this possibility to increase the registration capacity in anticipation of achieving income or benefits. This decision was made after selling 49% of Barça Vision to Orpheus Media and Socios.com, in exchange for 200 million euros. Payments were not completed.
This summer they dug deep into their pockets again. New partners were sought for the famous lever. The German investment fund Libero Football Finance AGLibero and an unknown Cypriot fund repurchased 29.5% of that 49% to reactivate the operation for 120 million euros that had to be paid in tranches. At the time of signing, 20 million were paid by the mysterious partner based in Cyprus and Laporta, waiting for Libero, contributed 12 million to LaLiga. Half in the form of a guarantee and another six in the form of promissory notes. With this formula, LaLiga agreed to count this entire operation for financial fair play and Barça was able to register the contracts of João Félix, Cancelo and the pending renewals.
But it’s still not enough. Iñigo Martínez’s contract must be re-registered at the end of the year since he signed until 2025. Same as Vitor Roque’s. To register the Brazilian, who was presented this Friday at the sports city after making his debut in Las Palmas, the entity took advantage of the regulations of article 77, taking advantage of Gavi’s long-term injury. According to the wording of this article, the regulations allow 80% of the cost of the injured player – Gavi in ??this case – to be used, including an annex to Roque’s contract that allows Barcelona to register him only until June 30. Vitor Roque debuted in Las Palmas.
On July 1, however, Barcelona will have to repeat the registration process again for the full six-year contract. If sufficient registration capacity has not been generated by July 1, he will not be registered and will be left out of the official squad. Furthermore, article 77 makes it clear that next year the club will see its Registerable Sports Squad Cost Limit reduced by the same amount it spends now. President Joan Laporta has traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks in search of new economic agreements.
