Everton and Liverpool both feature prominently in Barcelona’s financial report.
Barcelona’s transition away from a homegrown nucleus under Pep Guardiola to their current day, Real Madrid-esque pursuit of big-name signings is causing issues off the pitch.
Gone are the days of the La Masia academy churning out first-team stars for Barcelona, and Guardiola’s exit was almost a green light for Barcelona to go wild.
They’ve splashed big cash on the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann in recent times, whilst their spending could have been even bigger if they’d re-signed Neymar.
Barca’s identity has been whittled away, and they’ve racked up some huge transfer debt in the process, as noted by AS on Monday.
Barcelona owe a staggering €260million (£230million) to other clubs for various signings, including those of Norberto Neto, Arturo Vidal, Frenkie de Jong, Malcom and Arthur, but the big one is Coutinho.
Liverpool are allegedly still owed a huge €94.6million (£84.4million) for Coutinho, of which £25million needs to be paid in the short-term, which should help Liverpool in the two 2020 transfer markets.
Some clubs do owe Barcelona money though, to the tune of €75million (£67million). The biggest payments will have to come from Everton, who owe them €26million (£23million) for deals involving Yerry Mina, Lucas Digne and Andre Gomes.
Merseyside’s two biggest clubs play such a key part in Barcelona’s financial reports, and it will be fascinating to see how Barca’s transfer business changes over the coming months and years as those payments with Everton and Liverpool are completed.
Basically, don’t expect Neymar back at the Camp Nou any time soon, unless Barca pull off something remarkable.
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