The “inheritance” left by Josep María Bartomeu during his tenure as president of Barcelona continues to wreak havoc on the team’s wage bill. An example of this is the millions still to be collected from Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba, the captains of the Barça first team.
At the moment, as reported by the newspaper Sport, Barcelona’s wage bill is close to $610 million dollars. The idea of the culé group is to reduce it to $150 million dollars, to finish cleaning up its economy and thus comply with the demands of Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga.
In order for there to be salary space, the club should get rid of Busquets, Piqué and Alba; but this would cost close to $200 million dollars, taking into account this fiscal year and the next. And it is that the high records of the three are a mortgage inherited by the current board of directors from the previous one.
Laporta “gets angry” with the captains
Joan Laporta, president of the culé entity, is aware that Busquets intends to leave as a free agent, since his contract expires next 30 of June. “But with Piqué and Alba, he will look for an exit as urgent as possible. It will even be tried in the next winter market; although both the president and his executives know that it will be a very complex mission”, reports the Catalan media.
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💥 Laporta, disappointed with Busquets and Piqué🗣️ “These two footballers (plus Jordi Alba) have a mortgage on the club: they must collect between the three of them a total of 200 million euros in the next year and a half”
✍️ @LluisMascarohttps://t.co/BAESHAq3Vw— Diario SPORT (@sport) September 30, 2022“The contracts that Piqué and Alba have are totally legal. Perhaps immoral; but that is not the fault of the players, but of the president who offered them, at the time, such economic perks. The only way out of this situation is to negotiate responsibly, thinking of the good of Barça. These footballers, who have won everything, deserve special treatment; but Barça has made them great and rich, very rich. A gesture would be the best climax to his extraordinary career at the Camp Nou”, he concludes.
Last summer, it was presumed that Laporta offered Busquets, Piqué and Alba to reduce their salary. However, when the agreement was about to be signed, the three captains would have backed down.
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