The day was about numbers and accounts. And to compare the capacity of all the LaLiga teams to know how much they can spend on training the squad. The big news is the reduction of Barça’s Sports Squad Cost Limit (LCPD). A drop from 648 million last February to 270,026 million euros in this month of September for the 2023/2024 season. This reduction of 378 million is mainly explained by the club’s lower income and savings, losses in the operating business, sections and deferred losses from Covid and means that Barça has less than half the money it had last year. passed to pay your template.
Behind Real Madrid, which comfortably leads this classification having seen its limit increased by 40 million, appears Atlético de Madrid, which surpasses Barça by 26 million, having a limit of 296 million.
During the presentation, Javier Tebas explained that Barça had made “a very big effort to reduce its salary mass” from 567 million to the current 405, without counting the rest of the sections that entail an expense of 90 million. This means that Barça has reduced its wage bill by 162 million euros, but its limit this season is 270 million, which means it is exceeded and that is why some partners have been forced to guarantee. Barça has spent 3.4 million on transfers this summer, but it is evident that they will continue to be limited in terms of signings.
According to the data presented, president of LaLiga, and Javier Gómez, corporate general director of the same, in LaLiga EA, Real Madrid (727,451), Cádiz (49,276), Mallorca (60,951), Valencia (85,528) increase their salary limit ), Celta de Vigo (79,887), Rayo Vallecano (51,535), Girona (47,585) and the promoted Alavés and Granada (47,585) and Las Palmas (35,188).
The figures offered reveal a reduction in the Sports Squad Cost Limit (LCPD) of more than 500 million euros overall in the competition, from the current 3,000 to 2,500, although according to the employers’ association, the real figure for the squad cost is of 2,850 million, because there are clubs that are exceeded.
