An economist analyzed the situation of the team and how, in order to avoid the departure of his stars, as happened with the Brazilian, he started to borrow without limits.
Barcelona is going through hard times, not only because of football, because of internal problems and waiting for the elections for the board of directors, or because Messi has almost left them and it seems that he is no longer the same when he finally remained.
From an economic point of view, the team is very bad and there is speculation about a possible bankruptcy if it does not receive money soon and in good amounts.
The Spanish press El Confidencial conducted an analysis in which it deals with data with specialists and economists to understand the current situation experienced by a team that reached its highest sporting glory not many years ago, but which gradually deteriorated.
And it is the fact that, paradoxically, when Neymar went to Paris Saint-Germain in exchange for 222 million euros (at the current exchange rate it would be about 272 million dollars), the economic disaster began.
This is because, according to economist Marc Ciria i Rog, when this case occurred, the team began to incur short-term debts, in addition to renewing the cracks to prevent the departure of anyone other than Neymar, who, according to the above-mentioned environment, it has given rise to exorbitant salary expenditure.
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In addition, they sought to replace Neymar with the hiring of Ousmane Dembélé ($ 128 million plus variable) and Coutinho (147 million), but none of them yielded the expected results. More recently, the team also brought in Antoine Griezmann, causing even more spending.
“Barça is launching the acquisition of players, after the sale of Neymar, who did not give the expected result. Dembélé, Coutinho, Griezmann … There are 400 million euros in transfers that do not serve you, and some of these transfers also go into short-term debts “, mentioned the economist José María Gay de Liébana to the press.
Sports results did not come, the gains from it were diminished and, to top it off, the internal problems of the directive were added to a snowball that came to explode with the pandemic. However, on top of that, there was a request from Messi to leave. Earlier, six directors had resigned, including Emili Rousaud, the vice president, who denounced corruption.
According to Gay de Liébana, “the volume of debt exceeds one billion”, although there are no official data. The only thing the directive said is that revenues have dropped from 133 to 35 million euros compared to Covid and the fans at the stadium.
If they are not able to sell players or do not earn money as a result of good sports results (for example, winning the Champions League), the team will face an unprecedented economic situation, which could leave it bankrupt.
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