Barcelona's fourth lever: sell more assets but still need 30 million

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Barça has already activated its fourth economic lever.

According to

, the entity chaired by

has made effective the sale of 25% of Barça Studios to the GDA Luma group, a company registered in Miami and owned by

, in turn owner of Cirque du Soleil, in exchange of 100 million euros.

That amount, however, would still not be enough to make effective the registration in

of its five signings,

,

,

,

and

, that of the re-

and that of the renewed

.

In total, about 30 million euros would be missing that could come from the salary reduction that

has already accepted as the one that, in principle, the captain,

, will also accept .

This fourth lever comes after the activation in the first instance of the sale of 25% of the television rights for 25 years to the Sixth Street fund, which was made effective in two parts, and the subsequent sale of 24.5% of Barça Studios to Socios.com.

, to which 100 more would now be added with the sale of the remaining 25% of Barça Studios authorized by the committers for the club to remain its majority shareholder.

Increase club liquidity

Unlike what was agreed with the television rights,

, although the Barcelona entity also has the possibility of repurchasing the sold shares.

Barça's fight against the clock to be able to make effective the registration of all the players that

has for the season that starts, in his case, this weekend now focuses all the efforts of the Barcelona entity.

Once the economic levers authorized by the assembly have been activated, the club seeks to increase its liquidity through the renegotiation of the contracts signed by Gerard Piqué,

and

in October 2020, shortly before it was effective the resignation of

.

Illegality in some renewals

The legal services of the club appreciate indications of illegality in these renewals, to which that of

, currently on loan to Tottenham, would also be added, and has urged the footballers who are currently in the club's discipline to negotiate down again these contracts.

For now, Gerard Piqué would have already communicated his intention to accept said proposal and the club is waiting to know the response of the rest of those affected.

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