That was the main reason Barca had to let Lionel Messi leave for Paris Saint-Germain last summer and several players - including Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets - had to sign contracts on reduced terms.Ĭurrent president Joan Laporta has refinanced the club's debt and agreed to a €280m sponsorship deal with Spotify to remedy the precarious financial situation. The club has a huge wage bill and its debt rose to €1.4 billion after some reckless spending by former president Josep Bartomeu. But why is that so extraordinary?īarcelona posted losses of £404m during the Covid-hit 2020/21 season, due, mainly, to have to play in front of empty stands.
In total, they spent €164 million (correct at the time of writing) and made €23.8 million from player sales. The Catalan club has totally overhauled their playing squad, bringing in stellar names such as Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich, ex-Leeds United winger Raphinha, Franck Kessie from AC Milan, Sevilla's Jules Kounde, and Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen. Megabucks moves for the likes of Erling Haaland, who joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund, Darwin Nunez, who signed for Liverpool from Benfica, and Aurelien Tchouameni, the former Monaco midfielder now at Real Madrid, attracted more headlines than other FIFA transfers.īut are any of these clubs involved in these FIFA transfers among the biggest spenders of the summer? In this FIFA news article, we reveal the 5 Biggest Spending Clubs Of The Summer in 2022.įIFA NEWS- Summer 2022's Biggest Spenders #1: Barcelonaīarcelona's summer FIFA transfer activity has been unbelievable.
This summer may have been relatively quiet as far as games are concerned, but as ever there's been no shortage of FIFA transfer news to fill the back pages.
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