Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 644. (Read 539289 times)

Barcelona has a financial problem that is swelling the ranks of players getting high salaries but they do not have more productivity, it is clearly only a burden on the club.
But De Jong's reason for staying at Barcelona might make sense because he doesn't want a salary that hasn't been paid even better to stay than to leave this is not a matter of small money for him.

The rivalry will still be with Barcelona it just won't be as intense as it used to be where teams attack each other, I feel in an El Clasico match it will still be fierce but the winner will still be Real Madrid, because there is no doubt about their ability on the pitch.

1. Frankie De Jong 37.5M Euros
2. Lewandowski 33.5M Euros
3. Kylian Mbappe 31.2M Euros
4. David Alaba 22.5M Euros
5. Jan Oblak 20.8 37.5M Euros

Lewandowski is also worth selling because he is no longer good in terms of productivity this season.

Ideally, De Jong would be sold for more than 37.5 million Euros, which could provide many options for Barcelona to look for other players, but it seems difficult. De Jong was indeed proposed to by several European teams, especially Man United, but because De Jong did not want his salary to be reduced and Barcelona debt to him was still not paid off, this was a strong reason for him to stay. There is no guarantee that Barcelona will be able to compete with Real Madrid next season. Therefore, I prefer to replace Rival Barcelona with Girona or Atletico Madrid. It would be inappropriate if Real Madrid were his current rival, plus recently Real Madrid broke a new record as a club with revenues of 1 billion Euros, the only club in football history.

Ancelotti has got Mbappe for the front position. But he still wants to find a centre-back, a left-back and a goalkeeper. Ancelotti is reportedly interested in Yoro, but he went to Man United. Ancelotti is also interested in Alphonso Davies, but it seems that Munich still needs him. So who is the player Ancelotti is targeting?

Another news I just heard is that Madrid player Mbappe is not the player with the most expensive salary at the moment. He lost to Barcelona's De Jong. De Jong receives 37.5 million Euros every year. Perhaps this condition is what makes Barcelona's financial situation difficult. Selling De Jong may be a good strategy to reduce the financial burden.

The club's financial situation is the most pressing issue currently at Barcelona. Because this club is currently struggling to restore its financial condition so that it returns to a more stable condition. So it is not surprising that last season Barcelona was not actively shopping for expensive new players. And very different from previous seasons. So I also don't feel surprised if this season Barcelona still doesn't make much movement in the transfer market. because they are indeed struggling for financial improvement. Hansi Flick is actually targeting several new players that he wants to bring in. And currently Barcelona itself is also starting to target Nico Williams from Athletic Club. But the condition of Barcelona's second tier players is not very good. This is different from Real Madrid, which already has a main squad and a second tier whose quality is beyond doubt. Real Madrid can be said to be the club most prepared for next season.

It is unlikely that Flick will be able to increase anything, since he refused new transfers, given the financial situation of the club. Injuries will happen in any case, and of course Real Madrid have much greater depth in the squad and the Real bench is very high quality, I think Real could make another very decent team with players on the bench. If Flick faces multiple injuries, it will most likely be an unfixable situation for Barcelona, ​​but there is no need to think ahead, problems need to be solved as they arise. Barcelona has a good squad that can compete even with Real Madrid.

In the current transfer window, Barcelona has only sold three players, these players are

• Chadi Riad
• Marc Guiu
• Estanis Pedrola

If you look at the prices of these three players, it is clear that the numbers are still very small to meet Barcelona's needs in this transfer market. So it is true that Frenkie De Jong could be a good choice for Barcelona if sold. The reason is that currently Frenkie also frequently suffers injuries at Barcelona, ​​so of course this will be something that is less profitable for Barcelona. Until now, Frenkie is still injured and there is no definite information on when Frenkie will be able to return to playing. So instead of Barcelona paying Frenkie's salary which is quite large but often injured, it would be better if Frenkie was sold.
Because what is certain is that Frenkie's current market price can still be said to be quite high. So it can increase Barcelona's capital to be able to recruit other players, for example Nico William, who is currently hotly rumored to be joining Barcelona.

When talking about Lewandowski, currently he is still needed in Barcelona's front line, so selling him might create a slight imbalance in Barcelona's front line. However, if Barcelona really wants to overhaul Barcelona's front line, perhaps selling Lewandowski could be an option. But I'm sure that won't happen this season. The reason is that Lewandowski doesn't seem to want to leave Barcelona. So the only option Barcelona can choose is to sell Frenkie De Jong in this transfer window.

Sometimes these fanatical fans are always looking for a scapegoat for the defeat of their favorite team and I'm sorry about what happened to Ronald Araujo. In fact, despite Barcelona's defeat against PSG in the Champions League, overall Ronald Araujo is an important player who is irreplaceable and fans only hate him with one mistake out of the many good things he has done for the club.

The very long process of recovering from his injury has also made Barcelona weak in defense and this is quite worrying. What would happen if Barcelona often lost points when facing their opponents and with that, Real Madrid could once again stand alone without any competitors. However, I hope that will not happen to maintain the excitement of the competition for the title and Hansi Flick will likely maximize the depth of his squad to cover that gap.

I agree with you that Lewandowski should be sold to Saudi because he has declined in form and is receiving a huge amount of money that can be used to buy a new player and put the rest in the club purse. Financial management is very important in business otherwise, you will be financially down due to wrong financial decisions.

De Jong is still very vibrant and active, the club needs him and selling him might leave a loop hole in the club so I will not support the idea of selling him, only if they have seen a proper replacement for him. Barcelona currently needs financial breakthrough.

That might be a wise enough option for Barcelona, ​​but is the Barcelona team thinking about that now? Because if this is what the Barcelona team is thinking about, of course they themselves will never remain silent and will immediately move to make this happen. But if Barcelona can bring in William without having to sell these two players, I think this option is also very good because experienced players like De Jong and Lewandowski can still be relied on by Barcelona next season with different levels of quality.

Previously Barcelona had made a lot of salary cuts for the players they had, but this did not make their financial condition stable at the moment because the problems were too bad, but even so, the option of selling star players could be an alternative for Barcelona if they wanted to have better finances at the moment, currently, selling Lewandowski and Frankie De Jong will at least be able to generate a lot of money for their income, apart from that, at least Barcelona can overcome the high salary burden by releasing these the two players.
Lewandowski and Frankie De Jong are still targets for many teams to recruit, so It won't be difficult for Barcelona to sell him in the near future, besides, have several Arab teams been interested in recruiting Lewandowski, allowing Barcelona to set a high price from these Arab teams?
If Barcelona sells Lewandowski and Frankie De Jong, Barcelona is expected to get 85 million euros from the both.

Selling De Jong and Lewandowski is not a bad idea, these two players still have a high selling value, especially De Jong, who has attracted the interest of several elite European clubs. The money obtained can be used to bring in William and indirectly the club's expenses will be reduced because these two players have higher salaries than other players. Barcelona can still rely on Vitor Roque as a replacement for Lewandowski, while in De Jong's position there is no need to worry because they still have several quality midfielders.

The trio of William, Yamal and Roque are not too bad to start the new season, they still have support from other quality players such as Gundogan, Pedri and Gavi. Ferran Torres could also be a good choice for Hansi Flick, he needs the coach's trust to develop his talent. Of the list of names remaining if Barcelona sells De Jong and Lewandowski, Barcelona strength will not decrease, but it all depends on Hansi Flick how he manages the team.

Yeah, Uefa.

Given the fact that, the club who owns the sort out for players contract gets to value the player makes it very difficult to come to terms with offering a player for transfer about a price range but, I can imagine where they could come to terms with a particular inflation ratio or % as in the budget in retrospect to what the player was bought for. A loophole might arise here in terms of groomed academy players but, the wages paid to such player could be used in the equation. Am just trying to give a perspective about this because, it really does affect some teams. In the end, it’s a thing of choice and management as, you’ve got choices you could go for than an expensive player.

Barcelona pushed too hard to recruit Williams even though they knew their finances were difficult and to restore it all, at least they didn't need to shop first, it was better for them to use the existing players Flick also understands the conditions the club is currently experiencing, as well as their desire to recruit Williams this is also not entirely Flick's wish, but it is all Laporta's wish, even though if you look at the squad that Barca currently has, it is already very good, they just need to develop and advance several of their academies so they can continue to progress because Barca is a club that is successful in producing young players.

In my opinion, Barca must trust Flick completely so that in the next few days he can decide if there are several players who are not suitable for him, then sell them and then decide to buy new players.

Initially Ronald Araújo was on the Barcelona team's sales list and that will most likely happen because Barcelona needs money to bring in other players, but unfortunately now he is injured, this is really a big loss for Barcelona and also for Ronald Araújo.
There is no longer any possibility for Ronald Araújo other than he has to get back up after recovering from his injury later and the big loss also covers the Barcelona team with all the shortcomings they currently have, in fact they have to lose another one of their players in a period of 4 months or more.

FIFA? You meant UEFA, right? La Liga has Financial Fair Play, and UEFA has FSR rules. These rules already say how much a team can spend in a season. A La Liga team can spend 50% of its revenue on player transfers. UEFA set their limit at 70% for a team can spend it on player and coach wages, transfers, and agent fees.

But the main problem still Barcelona itself. Barcelona has bad financial management. It was the main reason they struggled. This is because Barcelona never try to be efficient with player transfers. They keep recording more and more losses on their balance sheet.

It's impossible to limit the player's price. This is because it depends on the club that owns the player's contract. How can UEFA value the importance of player for the club, without the club itself who can value their player?

There are players that earns substantial amount in a club based on their status in football. Let’s take in the scenario of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, these players are from another planet when it comes to performance on the pitch and effectiveness contributions to their perspective clubs, they’ve been outstanding in all ramifications and consider the very best players in the history of football. No doubts, they deserved this huge salary because they worked extremely hard for it and their performance and stats portray it all.

A single player can be earning as huge as stipends compared to three players combined because he’s big name in the team, football have grown pass this level and it’s decided based on the structure of the clubs when it comes to wages equilibrium. You don’t expect Barcelona that’s experiencing finance crisis to be doubling twice the amount of player’s salaries, the team’s president,Joan Laporta tirelessly working for the improvement of the club. He doesn’t hold back because this is absolutely the right time to tackled down these standout problems that have facing the club.

I am also a bit confused with Barcelona management. There are 2 players with highest salaries in Barcelona, Frankie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski. I think these players deserve to put on transfer list if Barcelona really wants to reduce their allocation for players' salaries. Barcelona also can get good amount of money by selling them to other teams. The performance of these players in the last season was no longer very impressive. Why don't Barcelona gets a new striker with cheaper salary? I think they don't need to look for the replacement for De Jong because Barcelona has enough midfielders.

Barcelona players salaries: https://www.capology.com/club/barcelona/salaries/



Yes, Barcelona is linked Nico Williams. The latest rumor stated that Barcelona management is very close to sign him. However, with the issue of FFP sanction, I think there is no way that Barcelona can sign Nico Williams. I can agree with FFP because it is too risky for the players if Barcelona won't fix their financial problem first. One of the solution to fix the financial problem is selling the players with high salaries. And Barcelona also need to sell the unnecessary players who just came from a loan spell last season.

Ronald Araújo is falling in Barcelona and he is not in a good situation at all. Ronald Araújo was famous in this team and he was a good player even the fans of Barcelona wanted to see him in the team for a longer time but after the mistake, he had against PSG, they asked the team to put Ronald Araújo for sale and since he had some offers he started thinking about these offers while he still wanted to stay.
Now he is injured hardly and he will be out for four months which is a long time and this means he is going to miss the training and the start of the next season.
 

 

Barcelona efforts to build squad depth will be hampered if they have to deal with FFP regulations, management and club officials must act carefully in the transfer window so as not to receive sanctions later. Barcelona finances were really tested, the problems they faced were very complex, and it was proven that what Xavi said was completely true. If circumstances require Barcelona to sacrifice a number of key players, then that path must be taken and Hansi Flick must let them go. Bringing in Nico Williams is not easy in a critical financial situation, they do not have to force their will because it is not certain that Nico Williams will be able to meet expectations.

Gradually Barcelona will definitely be able to get out of the financial crisis, fans have to be patient with the process that will take place, because everything takes time. To minimize the risk of more serious difficulties, it would be better for Hansi Flick to start his first season campaign by relying on young players. We know that the step could affect Barcelona chances of winning trophies, but the club is not burdened with huge salary outlays. Apart from all that, Madrid existence, which currently has an ideal squad, will be difficult to match, even though Barcelona was finally able to complete the transfer of Nico Williams.

All of what you have recommended as a possible alternative solution that Barcelona can undertake to ameliorate their financial problem do sound good on paper but not that simple to apply it practical, as am sure the experts in the club would have swing into making this happen if it was going to work or give the best possible result to the club. Because bringing in Nico Williams with the aim of pairing with Lamine Yamal doesn't make the Barcelona team invisible on the pitch for next season. They shouldn't due to one young boy that looks promising to the club sell out their experience players.