How much will Barcelona raise by activating fourth lever?
Karan Tejwani
- 9 Aug 2022 12:00 BST
- 3 min read
Barcelona have been active in the transfer market, signing five players, and are eager to do more, but will have to register their players in order for them to play.
La Liga rules currently prevent the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde from playing in the Spanish top flight for Barcelona.
Additionally, Ousmane Dembele and Sergi Roberto are in the same boat, as they renewed their deals with the club over the summer.
To cope with that, they’re set to activate a fourth economic lever of the summer, giving a quick flow of funds into the clubs and allowing them to register their players to play in La Liga.
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Activating a lever is essentially selling a portion of the club’s assets for a quick cash flow, and it comes at a cost of their future profits.
They raised €617 million from the sale of the first two levers to American firm Sixth Street, which allowed them to make many big name signings.
In that the Catalan club sold 25 per cent of their La Liga TV rights to the investment firm for the next 25 years, which is believed to be a risky move.
Then, they sold 25 percent of Barca Studios to cryptocurrency chain Socios.com for €100 million, which was their third lever, allowing them to complete further deals.
Now, it’s time for the fourth lever as they sell a further 25 percent of Barca Studios to the GDA Luma fund for another €100 million.
Barcelona activating the fourth lever: pic.twitter.com/bLWLFLIyGJ
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There is belief that the activation of the fourth lever, along with Gerard Pique accepting another salary reduction, will allow their new players to be registered.
La Liga will respond to it within two days of the documentation being filed, which is likely when the registrations of players will be completed.
The safer way to raise funds would’ve been through the sale of players, but Barcelona haven’t been able to do that in time, with the likes of Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay on the market.
Barcelona begin their season at the weekend with a clash against Rayo Vallecano, as they look to build on a positive end to last season and challenge on all fronts.
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