Messi

I have a business in Spain, and the employment laws here are silly.

Regardless, Barca cannot register players right now. Even if they paid him £0.

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So did we

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 5 minutes ago
So did we
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Barca don’t have some rich American to pay the bill

Big problem for Barça is getting rid of the big earners. They can't afford to buy them out of their contracts and nobody wants to pay their extortionate wages.

These 2 alone make another Messi sized wage which would bring down the revenue to wage ratio to 80% (still too high)
Griezmann - £594k (£30. 888m)
Coutinho - £406k (£21.112m)

Would still need 4 of these to bring it down below the required 70%
Busquetes/Pjanic - £271k (£14.092m)
Alba/Umtiti/Dembele - £212k (£11. 024)

That is some serious wage bill. Still needing to shed £1.666m per WEEK to get within the salary cap.

Sorry, forgot to provide the link. Barça's total player wage bill including Messi was £4,586,800pw (£238,513,600pa). Absolutely insane.

https://salarysport.com/football/la-liga/barcelona/

comment by Car Van knee (U5318)
posted 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
I have a business in Spain, and the employment laws here are silly.
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Ditto France. No sympathy.

comment by פlǝuƃɥᴉs (U19365)
posted 25 minutes ago
Sorry, forgot to provide the link. Barça's total player wage bill including Messi was £4,586,800pw (£238,513,600pa). Absolutely insane.

https://salarysport.com/football/la-liga/barcelona/
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That doesn't include Aguero, Depay, Garcia that they've signed in the summer. All frees, so all will be picking up a fortune.

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 9 hours, 23 minutes ago
They can't. The whole thing has been carefully constructed for months to allow Messi to get the move he's wanted for a year whilst not being the bad guy, and the Barca board to have their hands tied. He could have signed a deal for 100k a week and stayed.

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Unlike you to talk out your backside