In August, the old-new Barcelona president Joan Laporta estimated the club’s debt at 1.35 billion euros (almost 34.5 billion crowns). He blamed his predecessor Josep Maria Bartome and his collaborators as the culprit of the threatening financial situation.
Due to the rules of financial fair play of the Spanish league, its historically best scorer Lionel Messi also left Barcelona in the summer, heading to Paris St. Germain. Before the start of the season, the team agreed to reduce salaries so that reinforcements could be registered.
Marca said Barca owed, for example, 39 million euros to Juventus Turin for midfielder Miralem Pjanic. Ajax Amsterdam has to pay 32 million for midfielder Frenkie de Jong and 16 million for defender Sergina West. In Liverpool, the Catalans still owe 13 million euros for offensive player Philippe Coutinh, whom they bought in January 2018.
Barcelona is not even successful on the pitch this season. The charges of the criticized coach Ronald Koeman last lost to the Athletics Madrid 0: 2 in La Liga on Saturday and are only ninth in the incomplete table. In the Champions League group, they lost both opening matches to Bayern Munich and Benfika Lisbon equally 0: 3.
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