Debts are a noose around Barcelona’s neck. Because of those debts, Blaugrana could not keep Lionel Messi; because of them, they cannot fire Ronald Koeman because if they do they would make the situation even worse. Also, if there was a new manager – the club would not be able to offer anything groundbreaking in terms of new signings.And the solution to the problem is not even in sight. On the contrary. As Spanish outlet Marca reports, yesterday Barcelona had 133 million USD of debt to other clubs, in form of installments and delayed payments for transfers that have already happened.Depay snaps at a journalist over Barca: ‘How dare you?’For example, Philippe Coutinho moved from Liverpool to Barcelona in January 2018, and the Catalan club has not yet paid everything to the English side. A portion of 15 million USD remains. Furthermore, Ajax still expect payments – 18.5 million USD for Sergino Dest and additional 37 million for Frankie de Jong.Barcelona owes the most to Juventus for the purchase of Bosnian playmaker Miralem Pjanić – the Italians still wait for 45 million USD. The final installment of those already reserved 133 million USD is due in the 2023/24 season.Sun, 17/10, 22.00: (1.55) BARCELONA (4.40) VALENCIA (6.50)An additional problem for the Catalans is that they are packed with players that no one wants. Or at least not at a price that would help Barcelona financially. Coutinho’s price has dropped drastically a long time ago, and the question is whether he can be sold for one tenth of his former value. And Pjanic is already out of the Nou Camp, since he went on loan to Besiktas, where the Turkish club pays only a small part of his salary from Barcelona.Atletico tarnish guys wearing Barca shirts to reach the top of La LigaThe Spanish giant reported a loss of 555 million USD in the 2020/21 season, while their budget for this season is 884 million, which is 4.5 million less than it was a year earlier. Barcelona managed to save close to 545 million USD through agreements with their players by reducing their salaries.What is hard to comprehend is that the Camp Nou club is reportedly interested in signing more players, which are far from cheap – RB Leipzig’s Dani Olmo and Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling being the ones most mentioned.
