Chapter 1098: Debt Mire

Cristiano Ronaldo finally moved to Barcelona in La Liga!

The time has just entered July, and Barcelona can't wait to officially announce this superstar transfer that shocked the world.

This also announced that Barcelona in the new season will have the world's most luxurious and top-notch superstar lineup, and even stars as strong as Sanchez will have to sit on the bench at the Nou Camp, which shows how amazing Barcelona's lineup is.

The transfer fee is as high as 100 million euros, tying the world transfer fee record set by Yang Yang when he joined Real Madrid from Liverpool four years ago. Not only that, the Portuguese's annual salary in Barcelona will also reach an astonishing 16 million euros, tax back!

Just in February of this year, Barcelona had just reached a contract renewal agreement with Messi, raising Messi's liquidated damages to an astonishing 250 million euros, and at the same time increasing his after-tax annual salary to 16 million euros. World football is second only to Yang Yang of Real Madrid and Eto'o of Anzhi in the Russian Super League.

And now, Barcelona gives Cristiano Ronaldo the same salary as Messi, and it is all after tax. This is undoubtedly quite surprising, because it means that Barcelona will bear a heavier salary burden.

After Cristiano Ronaldo joined Barcelona, ​​Yang Yang ranks first in the current salary list of world players with an annual salary of 25 million euros after tax. Real Madrid is still actively renewing his contract, but this time Yang Yang He did not ask for a salary increase, but wanted to maintain the current status quo.

Eto'o ranked second with 20 million euros, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo tied for third, followed by Paris Saint-Germain's Ibrahimovic, Barcelona's Iniesta and Neymar. The annual salary is expected to be around 15 million euros.

That is to say, among the top ten salary rankings in the world football, Barcelona occupies four seats. It is also burdened with salary pressure that the outside world cannot imagine.

But even so, on the day Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Barcelona, ​​tens of thousands of Barcelona fans still poured into the Nou Camp to witness the joining of the Portuguese superstar.

Everyone believes that he will become another Portuguese superstar who shines in Barcelona after Figo, and at the same time become another Ronaldo, helping Barcelona to overthrow Real Madrid's rule in La Liga.

This is a crazy personal show. The joining of Cristiano Ronaldo caused an earthquake all over the world. Countless fans are cheering for this amazing transfer. At the same time, they are also very grateful for the new season of La Liga, especially Barcelona. full of anticipation.

Numerous media are scrambling to report that Barcelona, ​​which has just won the Champions League, will continue to dominate European football after getting Cristiano Ronaldo, and Real Madrid, which has begun to reduce investment in the past two years, will be cut off in the new season .

Major European gaming companies have also offered odds. Barcelona is far ahead in the La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League championship battles. degree of optimism.

On the other hand, Real Madrid, although still ranked second, but the momentum is obviously not as good as before.

Everyone believes that the combination of Yang Yang, Robben, Hazard and Di Maria will be overshadowed by Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Sanchez.

While the outside world was raging and frantically enthusiastic about Barcelona, ​​the Spanish newspaper Confidential quietly published a report, reposting a Forbes statistical report. The report showed that although Real Madrid missed the Champions League last season, the entire The revenue of the season is as high as 670 million euros, far ahead of all sports clubs in the world.

670 million euros!

What an astonishing number is this?

It can be said that it is unimaginable and even unbelievable number for all the rich teams!

According to the Forbes report, Real Madrid’s income has continued to rise for four consecutive years. The income of 670 million euros mainly comes from three parts, game broadcast rights income, game day income and commercial sponsorship income, of which the former two account for about half A little more, commercial sponsorship income accounts for nearly half of Real Madrid's fiscal revenue.

Forbes also made an in-depth analysis of Real Madrid's commercial income, and believed that the fastest growing areas are North America and Asia. These are the key areas that all giants have been vying to develop in the past few years, and Real Madrid relies on the top star Yang Yang's The momentum, in these two areas, is overwhelming, harvesting wildly.

In contrast, in the past few years, although Barcelona has been committed to developing the North American and Asian markets, its financial revenue is only 490 million euros, far behind Real Madrid, and this is still the case when Barcelona won the Champions League Down.

The Confidential also revealed that Real Madrid has incurred huge debts due to the renovation of the Bernabéu Stadium and the construction of the office building at the Valdebebas training base. There is no pressure on the ability to repay the loan, and there is no burden.

On the contrary, it is Barcelona. During Laporta's administration, the team's debt was as high as 430 million euros. It took three years to reduce the debt to 330 million euros, which was regarded as a major achievement of Russell.

However, according to the data disclosed by the Confidential News, due to the huge investment in the introduction of Neymar last year, coupled with the signings of Mathieu and Alexander Song, the team's debts in the past year have not decreased, but have increased.

Especially this summer, all the 100 million euros for the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo came from bank loans, which will bring Barcelona's debt back to a historical high of more than 400 million. The annual after-tax salary of 6 million euros will further increase the club's salary expenditure, which is expected to exceed 70% of the team's financial income. This is definitely an unhealthy figure.

In contrast, Real Madrid has been controlled between 40% and 50%, which is undoubtedly quite healthy.

The Confidential newspaper believes that Spain's economic situation is not good, but Real Madrid's business is not losing money. One of the important reasons is the amazing commercial value brought by Yang Yang. The huge psychological pressure led to Barcelona having to start an arms race and introduce superstars for two consecutive seasons.

"But Barcelona must have a clear enough understanding. It is undoubtedly unrealistic to have such a large-scale superstar team when the financial revenue cannot catch up with Real Madrid. This will eventually drag Barcelona into a debt quagmire from which they cannot extricate themselves."

With the outside world excited about Cristiano Ronaldo's landing at Camp Nou, this report from Confidential did not attract much attention, and everyone was more excited about joining the Portuguese superstar, and they were boiling.

At least, for ordinary Barcelona fans and members, superstars are more attractive than those incomprehensible debts.

The Catalan media also revealed that Neymar is submitting an application with Barcelona, ​​hoping to renew his contract and improve his salary. Starting from four years, the annual salary increase is about 10 million euros.

But Barcelona officials ignored such rumors, apparently intending to deal with them coldly.

With the current finances of Barcelona, ​​after the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo, it is bound to adopt a method of increasing revenue and reducing expenditures to control the club's expenses. At the same time, it will find new powerful sponsors to increase the team's financial revenue, including the jersey with Qatar Airways. For advertising contracts, Barcelona hopes to reach 60 million euros, tying Real Madrid.

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When the whole world was still immersed in the earthquake of Cristiano Ronaldo joining Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid officially announced in a low-key manner that it had introduced Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Liverpool at a high price of 50 million euros.

Suarez said in an interview with the media in Uruguay that he already belongs to Real Madrid, and he also apologized for biting Ivanovic before.

"A few days ago, Yang Yang called me. I accepted his advice. I will receive counseling from a psychologist in Madrid. I hope this problem can be resolved."

As for the upcoming trip to Real Madrid, Suarez expressed that he is looking forward to it.

"There is no doubt that I want to play with Yang Yang, he is a great player, past, present and future, he is the best in my mind, I think, to be able to fight side by side with a player like him on the field , It is an honor and a pride for all professional players."

Suarez promised that he would fully cooperate with Yang Yang in Real Madrid and dedicate all of himself.

But compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer, Suarez has no hope of competing in terms of fame or transfer fees, and there is no hype from the outside world. Many media even believe that this is Real Madrid. A compromise made when Aguero could not be introduced.

This undoubtedly makes people further look down on Real Madrid's prospects for the new season.

But in fact, Isco, Iljaramendi, Danilo, Casemiro and Suarez, Real Madrid invested more than 130 million euros in the transfer market this summer, while Barcelona has so far, Only one player, Cristiano Ronaldo, was introduced and it cost 100 million euros.

But the attraction of superstars is obviously greater. The joining of Portuguese superstars has completely made Barcelona the focus of the European transfer market, while Real Madrid has been eclipsed in comparison.

But today's Real Madrid is no longer the declining nobleman four years ago. Today's Galaxy Battleship has won the Champions League three times in a row, the La Liga Triple Crown, and the Grand Slam of the season. He has already created a personality that is not surprised by favor or humiliation, and he will not and does not need to compete for such a spotlight.

Because, the best superstar recognized by the whole world is in Real Madrid!