FinBarcelonafan
Well-known member
True. Terrible times. Terrible.
FC Barcelona Finances
- Thread starter Luftstalag14
- Start date
True. Terrible times. Terrible.
serghei
Senior Member
Was more brutal as they won those CL back when we spent like crazy and they basically relied on the core built in the early Florentino period or even before that plus some inspired additions in 2012-2015 period. Some of the key memebers of those 4 CLs in 5 years were signed prior to 2009.
Also, they did a great job transitioning from first midfield which was Alonso, Khedira, Di Ozil / Di Maria, to Casemiro, Kroos, Modric. With zero cost. I actually think they earned more from selling Di Maria and Ozil than they paid for Kroos and Modric duo.
They built several great teams with low cost. And didn't flinch on wages. Also let legends go when they were not top anymore. Basically did all of which we failed abysmally at.
We kept Stegen for ages, they cut Casillas pretty fast when he declined. Kept wages in check, ours ballooned like crazy under Bartomeu. Cut Ronaldo after 3 CL wins in a row, we gave Messi an astronomic contract. They sold players for high fees to fund transfers, we didn't.
Florentino wiped the our amateur of a President.
Last edited:
serghei
Senior Member
Just did a bit of research. Madrid had a net spend since 2011 until 2021 when Bartomeu left of 182m. So a net spent of under 20m a season. Barcelona under Rosell and mostly Bartomeu had a net spend of 600m. That's even before wages come into conversation. And we all know that shitstorm. That's just players in vs out. We spent on players 420m more, and won only 1 CL, while they won 4.
They spent far far less, for far better results.
And what did we get from spending 420m more on players pre wages? A finished squad who lost 8-2 in CL. Players we had to sell at a huge loss. The only expensive player we signed under Bartomeu that was actually worth it and entered the rebuilding plan under Laporta was Frenkie De Jong.
All of this, remember, from inheriting the arguably greatest team ever. So it's not like we spent more because we had a worse team than them. In 2011 we had a much superior team.
The board from 2010 to 2021 ruined the club and that same time frame is most successful for Madrid since the 50s.
They spent far far less, for far better results.
And what did we get from spending 420m more on players pre wages? A finished squad who lost 8-2 in CL. Players we had to sell at a huge loss. The only expensive player we signed under Bartomeu that was actually worth it and entered the rebuilding plan under Laporta was Frenkie De Jong.
All of this, remember, from inheriting the arguably greatest team ever. So it's not like we spent more because we had a worse team than them. In 2011 we had a much superior team.
The board from 2010 to 2021 ruined the club and that same time frame is most successful for Madrid since the 50s.
Last edited:
serghei
Senior Member
What a horrible president. Absolutely horrible. Surely the worst of all time for us. It's hard to envision another duo like Rosell and Bartomeu. Someone so shite as to take over a club at such a high starting position as full flow Pep Barca and lead it into such a deep hole as a 2-8 vs Bayern only 10 years later.
What was the net spend from 2010 to Neymar sale?
It was probably more respectable and even though had flip signings like Arda, it wasn't huge sums.
Will probably find that the most losses were a direct result of the post Neymar wastage and not rectifying amigo decline.
Devils
Senior Member
Delusional fanbase is to blame.
Bartomeu actually won an election 2016 and even beat Laporta in it lol. Who had the power to vote him out and prevent the 4 years of chaos that came as soon as the Neymar release was triggered in 2017? He won by over 50% of the vote btw.
Also Laporta been here for 4 years and has been talking about how the club will be healthy, will be back to 1:1, can spend money on transfers etc...every single year for 4 years now. Meanwhile in 2025, he's still trying to pull levers, stadium isn't ready despite him running a campaign on it this summer, and we just had our salary cap cut by over 100m lmao.
Only the morons who have their head shoved up his ass would believe the club is as healthy as he says it is. With all these levers and loans, Laporta and co are just kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with it in the future.
serghei
Senior Member
2010/11 to 2016/17 is 327m net spend Barca vs 281 Madrid. Mostly by signing Suarez in 2014 I think. Madrid had Benzema signed in 2009, a season before the timeframe used. Neymar and Bale cancelled each other out.
serghei
Senior Member
You guess right though, Bartomeu has gone full retard in 2017. In 3 years he destroyed us. Think just about then he gave the players absurdly big contracts. The flopped huge money deals and the fat contracts he gave probably cause the biggest chunk of that 1bn accumulated debt.
No contingency for Neymar move confirmed.
Horrible pivot reactions by board.
To switch the question slightly, imagine how Barto would have approached the Palancas transfer market.
Since Laporta arrived we basically had one summer mercado with money to hit it out the park. That's a like 1 in 5 seasons odds, and a big hand from LaMasia, but we done a home in run that summer.
Bartomeu would have probably gone 100+ on someone like Haaland and buried us six feet under.
jamrock
Senior Member
He
This
serghei
Senior Member
Summer of 2022 is a home run indeed. But this summer, getting Garcia + loaning rashford and selling some dead wood for a total of -4.5m net spend is pretty damn great also.
Joan Garcia indeed.
I'd argue that squad wise without financial burdens that Diaz would have been the best option. Even if he is not the fashionable option and limited resale value.
But 25m transfer spend + Rashford wage for a year. If you tell me we only have 25m to spend then those are brave moves. Most the forum including myself would have probably said use that on a CB. Especially if known Inigo would be on way out.
Home of Barca Fans
