For years now, practically since the coronavirus took over the world, Barcelona has been on ‘the ropes’ and on the edge of the abyss but somehow manages to stay afloat. The time of the greatest financial crisis has reportedly passed, but the famous club is still far from a stable position. The judgment of the European Court of Justice on Thursday, according to which it was determined that UEFA and FIFA held a monopoly on football, opened the door again to the idea of starting the Super League. Even the general plan of the league, which has not yet been formed, was published, and as the main proponents of this idea, Real Madrid and Barcelona should earn an incredible billion euros each.❗️A German media claims that Barcelona could be banned from the UEFA Champions League for various years for violating FFP with the levers back in 2022.However, there is no such thing and the operations were perfectly validated by La Liga. Also, two months ago Barça presented a…— Barça Buzz (@Barca_Buzz) December 23, 2023 Until that actually happens, the champion of Spain is facing announcements from Germany, more precisely the Welt Am Sonntag newspaper, who claims that the Catalans are threatened with expulsion from the Champions League for the 2024/25 season! The reason, of course, is the violation of the financial regulations of UEFA, according to which the clubs are obliged to offset the expenses with the corresponding income. In this particular case, it is about the accounting period for the previous three years. Despite announcing a net profit of 304,000,000 euros back in October, which was approved at the club’s AGM, Welt Am Sonntag claims that Barcelona’s financial policies and way of doing business could be called into question, as the enormous income came from sources that they have no direct connection with football.The Super league proposal: 64 clubs in Stars, Golden and Blue leaguesNamely, the largest part of the mentioned profit came from the sale of 15 per cent of the rights to broadcast the Spanish championship for the next 25 years to the Sixth Street company in July 2022, while another 208,000,000 euros came from the assignment of 49 per cent of the entity called ‘Barca Studio’, which deals with audio and video production, depending on the club’s needs. Interestingly, even without these deals, Barcelona have announced projections that by June 2024, they will be in the red by 11,000,000 euros when revenues and expenses are deducted.Busy in Barcelona: Lewa’s future and Xavi’s successorAlthough both deals have been approved by La Liga, allowing the club to register new players, the problem could arise at the UEFA level. And not even for one year, but maybe even longer if a possible investigation would determine that there are serious frauds. For the Catalan Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona unofficially expressed surprise at the information coming from Germany and that they were not informed that there was any threat. Many connected the announcements from Germany with the judgment of the European Court of Justice, which certainly goes in Barcelona’s hands, although more and more European giants are publicly rejecting the possibility of participating in the Super League. Finally, it is worth recalling that Barcelona was already fined by UEFA’s financial control for previous failures to respect fair play, specifically in 2022. Even then, it was speculated that Barca could be expelled from Europe, but of course, that did not happen.##NAJAVA_MECA_7758921##
