The signings of Barcelona are front-page news in all newspapers. In recent weeks, the 'Culé' team has been announcing one by one its flamboyant signings. The most recent ones: Raphinha and Lewandowski. However, this has caused great astonishment among friends and strangers.
As it is remembered, until recently it was public knowledge about the financial problems of the Catalan team, which amounted to 451 million euros in the negative. That is why the recent incorporations of Joan Laporta have generated hundreds of comments about the resources that the board of the blaugrana team would be using to make millionaire signings.
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How did Barcelona get out of the financial hole?
The leadership of Barcelona activated an emergency plan that they had reserved for these cases: selling part of their audiovisual rights. This "financial leverage" has allowed the club to afford to sign players who exceeded their economic possibilities.
Recently, the board chaired by Laporta signed an agreement with Sixth Street for the sale of 10% of the audiovisual rights of the Catalan institution. This would have allowed Barza to obtain 207 million euros according to economist and football historian David Valero.
Furthermore, the leaders of Barcelona are considering the possibility of activating a second "financial leverage", which intends to sell 15% of the audiovisual rights or, in any case, part of the club's assets.
What was Spartak Moscow's publication?
To all this, Spartak Moscow made a publication that went around the world in a matter of seconds. The Russian club uploaded a 'meme' of Homelander, a character from the series 'The Boys' and made an ironic comment regarding Barcelona's signings.
"When Barcelona wants to buy Moses using imaginary money in installments up to 2438", was the title used by the red and white team to refer to Barcelona's interest in midfielder Victor Moses.
It is worth noting that Xavi Hernández is still looking for a high-level player to reinforce Barcelona's midfield, and the player who would fit perfectly in that profile is precisely the Nigerian footballer naturalized British.