1096 Debt quagmire
Cristiano Ronaldo finally moved to La Liga Barcelona!
As soon as the time entered July, Barcelona couldn't wait to officially announce this superstar transfer that shocked the world.
This also announced that Barcelona will have the most luxurious and top superstar squad in the world in the new season, and even stars like Sanchez have to sit on the bench at Camp Nou, which shows how amazing Barcelona's squad is.
The transfer fee is as high as 100 million euros, which is equal to the world transfer fee record set by Yang Yang when he joined Real Madrid from Liverpool four years ago, not only that, but the Portuguese's annual salary in Barcelona will also reach a staggering 16 million euros, after tax!
In February this year, Barcelona just reached a contract renewal agreement with Messi, raising Messi's liquidated damages to a staggering 250 million euros, and also raising the annual salary after tax to 16 million euros, second only to Yang Yang of Real Madrid and Eto'o of the Russian Super League Anzhi in world football.
And now, Barcelona is giving Cristiano Ronaldo the same salary package as Messi, and it is after tax, which is undoubtedly quite surprising, because it means that Barcelona will be burdened with a heavier salary burden.
After Cristiano Ronaldo joined Barcelona, Yang Yang ranked first in the current world player salary ranking with an annual salary of 25 million euros after tax, and Real Madrid is currently actively renewing his contract, but this time Yang Yang did not ask for a salary increase, but wanted to maintain the current status quo.
Samuel Eto'o is second with 20 million euros, followed by Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in joint third, followed by Paris Saint-Germain's Ibrahimovic, Barcelona's Andres Iniesta and Neymar, all of whom are expected to earn around 15 million euros a year.
That is to say, in the current top 10 of the world football salary rankings, Barcelona occupies four places, which is quite an astonishing number, and it also proves that Barcelona has the most luxurious top squad in the world, but also bears unimaginable salary pressure from the outside world.
But even so, on the day Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Barcelona, tens of thousands of Barcelona fans still flocked to the Camp Nou to witness the Portuguese superstar joining.
Everyone thinks that he will become another Portuguese superstar to shine at Barcelona after Figo, and at the same time become another Ronaldo to help Barcelona overthrow Real Madrid's domination in La Liga.
It was a crazy individual show, and the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo caused an earthquake around the world, with countless fans cheering for this amazing transfer, while also looking forward to the new season of La Liga, especially Barcelona.
Countless media have rushed to report that Barcelona, who have just won the Champions League, will continue to dominate European football after getting Cristiano Ronaldo, and Real Madrid, which has begun to reduce its investment in the past two years, will be eliminated in the new season.
Major European bookmakers have also offered odds, and Barcelona is far ahead in the championship battle for La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League, proving that the superstar has joined, which has greatly enhanced the outside world's optimism about Barcelona.
On the other hand, Real Madrid, although still in second place, is obviously not as strong as before.
Everyone believes that the combination of Yang Yang, Arjen Robben, Eden Hazard and Di Maria will be overshadowed by Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Sanchez.
While the outside world was surging and the Barcelona was crazy about it, the Spanish confidential newspaper quietly published a report and forwarded the Forbes statistical report, which showed that although Real Madrid missed the Champions League last season, its revenue for the whole season was as high as 670 million euros, far ahead of all sports clubs in the world.
670 million euros!
What a staggering number?
It can be said that it is a number that all the big teams can hardly imagine, or even believe!
According to the Forbes report, Real Madrid's revenue has been rising for four consecutive years, and the revenue of 670 million euros mainly comes from three parts, match broadcast rights income, match day income and commercial sponsorship income, of which the first two probably account for a little more than half, and commercial sponsorship income accounts for nearly half of Real Madrid's financial revenue.
Forbes also analyzed Real Madrid's business revenue in depth, believing that the fastest growth rate is in North America and Asia, which are the key areas that all the big teams have been competing to develop in the past few years, and Real Madrid is relying on the momentum of the top superstar Yang Yang, in these two areas like a bamboo, crazy harvest.
In contrast, in the past few years, although Barcelona has also been committed to developing the North American and Asian markets, the financial revenue is only 490 million euros, far behind Real Madrid, and this is when Barcelona won the Champions League.
The confidential newspaper also revealed that Real Madrid has added a huge amount of debt due to the renovation of the Bernabeu stadium and the construction of the office building of the Valdebebas training base, but due to the extremely low interest rate on the debt and the extremely long time, with Real Madrid's current financial income, there is no pressure on the ability to repay the loan at all, and there is no burden.
On the contrary, Barcelona, during the Laporta administration, the team's debt was as high as 430 million euros, which is a debilitating figure, and after Rosell came to power, he has been committed to reducing the team's debt, and it took three years to reduce it to 330 million euros, which is regarded as a major achievement of Russell.
However, according to data disclosed by the confidential newspaper, due to the huge amount of money spent on Neymar last year, coupled with the recruitment of Mathieu and Alexander Song, the team's debt in the past year has not decreased, but has increased.
Especially in the summer of this year, the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo's 100 million euros all came from bank loans, which will bring Barcelona's debt back to a historical high of more than 400 million, not only that, Cristiano Ronaldo's annual salary of up to 16 million euros after tax will further aggravate the club's salary expenditure, which is expected to exceed seventy percent of the team's financial income, which is definitely an unhealthy number.
In contrast, Real Madrid have been controlled between 40 and 50 percent, which is undoubtedly quite healthy.
Confidential News believes that Spain's economic situation is not good, but Real Madrid's operation is not losing money but making money, a very important reason is the amazing commercial value brought by Yang Yang, coupled with the team's brilliant results, which has brought huge psychological pressure to the sworn enemy Barcelona, resulting in Barcelona having to start an arms race and introduce superstars for two consecutive seasons.
"But Barcelona must be aware that it is undoubtedly unrealistic to have such a large army of superstars when the financial revenue cannot catch up with Real Madrid, which will eventually drag Barcelona into a debt quagmire from which they cannot extricate themselves."
In the midst of the excitement of Cristiano Ronaldo's landing at Camp Nou, the report from the confidential newspaper did not attract much attention, and everyone was more excited about the arrival of the Portuguese superstar.
At the very least, for the average Barça fan and member, superstars are more attractive than those incomprehensible debts.
The Catalan media also revealed that Neymar is submitting an application with Barcelona to renew his contract and increase his salary, he hopes to catch up with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and strive for an annual salary increase of about 10 million euros from 2014.
But Barcelona officials ignored such rumors, and apparently planned to deal with it coldly.
With the current Barcelona finances, after the introduction of Cristiano Ronaldo, it is bound to adopt a way of opening up sources and reducing expenditures, controlling the club's expenses, and at the same time looking for new and powerful sponsors to increase the team's financial revenue, including the jersey advertising contract with Qatar Airways, Barcelona hopes to reach 60 million euros, equal to Real Madrid.
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When the whole world was still immersed in the earthquake of Cristiano Ronaldo joining Barcelona, Real Madrid made a low-key official announcement that it would bring in Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Liverpool for a high price of 50 million euros.
Speaking to the media in Uruguay, Suarez said that he already belonged to Real Madrid, and he also apologized for the previous bite of Ivanovic.
"A few days ago, Yang Yang called me and I accepted his advice to me, I will be counseled by a psychologist in Madrid, and I hope to be able to solve this problem."
As for the upcoming trip to Real Madrid, Suarez said that he is looking forward to it.
"Needless to say, I want to play with Yang Yang, he is a great player, he has been, is and will be the best in my mind, and I think it is an honor and a pride for all professional players to be able to play side by side with a player like him on the pitch."
Suarez promised that he would fully cooperate with Yang Yang at Real Madrid and give his all.
But compared to the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, Suarez has no hope of competing in terms of fame or transfer fee, and there is no hype from the outside world, and even many media believe that this is a compromise made by Real Madrid when they cannot bring in Aguero.
This undoubtedly makes Real Madrid's prospects for the new season even more bearish.
But in fact, Isco, Ilya Ramendi, Danilo, Casemiro and Suarez, Real Madrid has invested more than 130 million euros in the transfer market this summer, while Barcelona has only brought in one player Cristiano Ronaldo so far, spending 100 million euros.
But the appeal of the superstar is clearly greater, with the arrival of the Portuguese superstar putting Barcelona in the spotlight of the European transfer market, while Real Madrid are somewhat overshadowed by comparison.
But today's Real Madrid is no longer the declining aristocracy of four years ago, and today's Galaxy Battleship is a triple Champions League champion, La Liga triple crown, season Grand Slam, and last season was also the top team that won the La Liga double.
Because, the best superstar in the world is recognized as Real Madrid!