🧵 The 3 red lines forcing Barça to borrow for Joan García’s transfer.
FC Barcelona's finances remain under heavy pressure as they try to sign Espanyol's goalkeeper.
Let’s break down the puzzle Laporta is trying to solve:
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1️⃣ Joan García: deal agreed, cash missing
6-year deal until 2031 ✅
€25M release clause 🚩
Barça exceeds La Liga’s salary cap, still under restricted 1:2 rule.
The club may turn to banks for short-term loans at 2-3% interest just to fund the move.
May 30 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Barça’s future depends on how well it negotiates its past.
🔻Thread 🧵 : FC Barcelona’s Espai Barça Financial Maze 🔻 1/ Three years. That’s how long it took Joan Laporta’s board to rebalance Barça’s ordinary operations. A titanic cost-cutting and revenue-raising effort. But behind the recovery lies a mountain of hidden financial risk — and a €1.45B ticking clock.
