Loki
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Konbanwa!Hello everyone, greetings from Japan! I've been searching online but haven't quite grasped how everything fits together.
Could someone clarify what steps we need to take to register Dani Olmo, and whether it's still possible to buy Chiesa? Is there a definitive answer to this?
Well we're in the moment of LaLiga's 1:3 rule, because our Masa Salarial (entire spending of the club, which includes not only football but everything else too) exceeds the amount LaLiga allows us to because of our financial situation, meaning debts. LaLiga protects spanish clubs this way according to them and doesn't allow to spend more than they can afford. They calculate the Masa Salarial for every LaLiga team and publishing a salary cap, which a club can't exceed or it faces it's punishment rules we're talking about today.
So if clubs exceed their allowed amount, they fall under LaLiga's 1:4, or 1:3 or 1:1 rule depending how big the gap is. Meaning if we're under 1:4, we need to free up 4 Euro for every new Euro we want to invest. The latest information was, that barca is in the moment under the 1:3 rule, meaning it has to free up 3€ for every new € they want to invest. The goal is reaching the 1:1 rule for now, but for that Barca needs to sign new contracts and get new income first. Ending big contracts by selling players helps too of course.
Let's do some easy math on this to understand a bit how much money barca needs to free to register Olmo:
Barca paid Leipzig a €60m fee. A club amortizes a player over his contract's period. Olmo got a 6 year contract until 2030, meaning Olmo costs Barca in their books €60m/6years = €10m per year.
But that's not all, he also receives a salary which counts too of course. If we believe this source: https://www.capology.com/player/dani-olmo-35922/
Olmo is getting €11.5m gross/year.
So add his annual salary to annual fee cost amortization: 10m+11.5m rounds up for €21,5m per year. That's what Olmo costs Barca if the numbers in the press are correct of course.
So if we're still under the 1:3 rule and Barca wants to register a new player for an annual cost of 21,5m Euro, it needs to free up three times that number, meaning 64,5m Euro for LaLiga to allow registering Olmo.
It's the same for Chiesa. Take his fee + his salary, devide it through his years of contract and multiply by three to know how much money Barca needs to free up in order to be able to register him.
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