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FootballBarcelona Activate 4th Lever, Generates €100million to Help Club Register New Players Before Start of La Liga
- Barcelona have officially activated their fourth economic lever of the summer, selling a further 24.5% of Barca Studios
- The deal which was sold to Spanish outlet Orpheus Media is expected to raise a further €100million for the financially struggling Catalan club
- Barcelona has been struggling to register its new summer signings as the club had failed to meet La Liga’s financial requirements for new player registrations
Barcelona are pulling all strings to make sure the Catalan club registers all its new players in time for the club’s opening La Liga game against Rayo Vallecano this weekend.
The likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Jules Kounde, Frank Kessie, and Andreas Christensen, who all joined the Blaugrana this summer, are yet to be registered for La Liga this season.
According to Barca Universal, Barcelona has now officially activated a fourth economic lever by selling a further 24.5% of Barca studios which is expected to raise at €100million for the Spanish giants.
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This brings the total amount of monies raised from the sale of 49.5% of BDE to €200 million, which is believed will help the La Liga club register all players before the start of the league.
Barcelona has also tasked club veterans Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets to accept further salary reductions in order to raise enough funds to aid their player registrations.
La Liga issues a warning to Barcelona over player registration
Meanwhile, Spanish league body, La Liga has warned Barcelona it will not be rushed into registering new players for the club as the Catalans try to beat the deadline to register its new players.
According to Football Espana, none of Barcelona’s six signings, including Ousmane Dembele nor the renewed Sergi Roberto have yet been registered with La Liga for the new season.
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NBALa Liga has revealed they are yet to receive any documentation from Barcelona for player registrations with just over 24 hours to the Catalans’ opening league game.
Barcelona fans hurl insults at midfielder Frenkie De Jong
Earlier, Sports Brief reported Barcelona fans are not happy with Frenkie de Jong.
The player has refused to accept a salary cut and has not agreed to leave the club, leaving many to turn on him now.
The Dutch midfielder is linked with a move to Chelsea and Manchester United but has expressed that he wants to stay at FC Barcelona.