After last night’s dramatic 3-3 draw at the Nou Camp, Inter Milan could knock Barcelona out of the competition if they beat group minnows Viktoria Plzen at the San Siro next week. Catalans’ failure to beat the Italian side in the Champions League on Wednesday night could have dire financial consequences for the struggling club.It’s claimed the club will lose 21 million euros if they don’t reach the quarter-final stage of the tournament.Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo have reported how much Barcelona stand to lose financially, unless they are able to win their final two games and other results go their way.##NAJAVA_MECA_6716086##Progression now looks unlikely for Xavi’s side though, who also face the task of beating a Bayern Munich side who they have struggled against in recent seasons. Should Barcelona finish third in their group they will therefore be demoted to the Europa League.As previously reported, Barcelona spent over 153 million euros on rebuilding Xavi’s team in the summer but to pay for the spending they have budgeted this season for the team to reach the last eight of the European competition as a minimum. As previously reported, Barcelona would earn around 10 million euros if they reach the last 16 and a further 11 million euros if they get to the quarter-finals.In the last 18 years, Barcelona is about to play the 3rd Europa league ~ This is the 3rd year in the last 18 years without Messi 💔Messi was Barcelona 💔 pic.twitter.com/qrQlcQkfuT— Tommy 🎩 (@Shelby_Messi) October 13, 2022 From there they would get a further 12.5 million euros for the semi-finals, and 15.5 or 20.5 million euros depending on if they won the final – if they were to get that far. Even if Barcelona were to win the second-best European club competition, it wouldn’t be enough to fill the economic hole left by an early Champions League exit, with the winners of the Europa League set to earn around 15 million euros.
