Barcelona have made further progress towards improving their financial stability after La Liga confirmed an increase in the club’s salary cap for the second half of the season.
Barcelona’s squad has been hit hard financially in recent years, with only a few high-profile players and the majority of the squad either brought in on low fees or developed from their youth academy.
Last January, the club’s salary cap was slashed to €204 million, down from €270 million at the start of the previous season, while rivals Real Madrid were operating with a cap of €755 million.
Under president Joan Laporta’s leadership, Barcelona raised the salary cap significantly to €426 million ahead of this season, although they still had to find a workaround to register summer signing Dani Olmo, nearly missing the deadline to secure his registration for the second half of the campaign.
Following the close of the January transfer window, the salary cap has been further increased to €463 million, a rise of just under €40 million. However, it still lags far behind Real Madrid’s €754 million cap.
With a renewed partnership with Nike and the sale of VIP boxes in the newly renovated (but still incomplete) Camp Nou, Barcelona are now back within La Liga’s 1:1 spending regulations. This should make them more competitive in the transfer market as they look ahead to next season.
