For several years, the Spanish Financial Fair Play has been making life difficult for FC Barcelona. As with Jules Koundé and more recently Dani Olmo, who is still not officially registered, the Blaugrana club has been unable to register its players in time in La Liga due to the famous 1:1 rule in Spain. Between the transfer of many of its assets and the sale of many players to reduce the wage bill, Barça has had to tinker to get into line.
But according to information from World SportsFC Barcelona is finalizing a new agreement with its current supplier, Nike, which would allow the Catalan club to drastically improve its situation with regard to the financial regulations in Spain. A deal worth 90 million euros per season, with bonuses included, which extends over ten years. With this cash inflow thanks to this new lever, Barça would be able to return to a much healthier situation.
Barça will still be able to recruit this summer
But that’s not all, since the deal with the American equipment manufacturer comes with an immediate bonus of 115 or 120 million euros. A huge amount that will allow Barça to finalize last-minute recruitments before Friday evening, the closing date of the transfer window. Enough to relieve Hansi Flick, who was pessimistic about new arrivals: “I don’t think about new arrivals anymore. I focus on the team I have and I’m happy. If circumstances change and allow us to sign new players and improve the quality, that’s great, but I’m not focusing on that.”he explained to the press on Monday.
Barça is already in contact with LaLiga’s services to anticipate the signing of this new contract, so that the green light can be given in time by the Iberian body, in the event of a major last-minute recruitment. As a reminder, FC Barcelona is in the fight with Liverpool to afford Federico Chiesa and will therefore have the right to offer itself one last blow to strengthen its squad this summer.
