"Gines, but did the talk really fall apart?"

"Yes."

After setting up for Chelsea, Rister moved to Spain. Because the new La Liga season is about to start, but something huge has happened. A very embarrassing thing for the whole of Spanish football. Negotiations between the Players' Association and the Spanish Football Federation ended up unhappily, with the Players' Association announcing that they were going on strike, so the first round of La Liga could only be postponed in the end, and Rister came over to watch the excitement.

This incident is a stark mockery of Spanish football. On the one hand, Real Madrid spent a lot of money, throwing out more than 100 million euros in the transfer market this summer, and even counting the income from transfers, the net investment exceeded more than 70 million euros, nearly 80 million euros. Not only Real Madrid, but even Barcelona, which is known for its frugality, spent nearly 50 million euros this summer.

Not only that, but Real Madrid, Barcelona's highly-paid players Messi, Kaka, Cristiano. Ronaldo enjoys an annual salary of tens of millions of euros after tax. Real Madrid and Barcelona have hoarded the world's most and best stars, dominating the entire European football world.

The Spanish national team is strong, Real Madrid and Barcelona are even stronger, but unfortunately the whole Spanish football is already full of holes. This incident, in particular, has exposed the problems of Spanish football very thoroughly. Spain's La Liga clubs alone currently have a total debt of more than €4 billion. Among them, Real Madrid has a debt of more than 500 million euros, and Barcelona has a debt of more than 400 million euros. Others, like Valencia, have a debt of more than 200 million, and Atletico Madrid also has a debt of nearly 200 million. Like the worst Zaragoza, with a debt of 170 million euros. It's not worth the money to sell the club.

Of course, there is no fear of debts, and people Manchester United and Arsenal also owe a lot of debts, as long as they have enough income, they are not afraid of these debts. Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona, the debt is the highest in European football. But their two clubs are not afraid of this debt at all, but they are still big in the transfer market, and the salaries they give to their players are also among the best in European football. It's a pity that the current Spanish football club has low incomes except for Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This time the incident was mainly caused by unpaid wages. At present, there are more than 200 first-team players in arrears among Spanish professional players, and the total arrears of wages have reached 70 million euros. These are basically after-tax wages that should be paid to the players. If you count before tax. That's a staggering amount.

That's why when the players don't do it, they ask for it. If you ask for three months in arrears, you have the right to terminate the contract, you need a guarantee from the Football Association, and so on. In the end, it didn't work out, so that's the situation.

"Will the second round be possible?"

Rist has only a vague impression of this period of history. I don't understand what the final result will be. But Rist knows a thing. That is, this year's La Liga is still going on very smoothly. It didn't affect La Liga this season because of any problems.

"I don't know. But now the Football Association is in a hurry. There are still urgent consultations in the evening. I guess I'll have to meet with the players' union tonight. ”

"It's ......"

Rist shook his head. La Liga's own salary is already very low, and now it can't even be paid. La Liga's salary arrears are very serious, but La Liga players don't know how happy they are compared to La B players. Non-payment of wages is very common among La Liga clubs. Almost all La Liga clubs have varying degrees of unpaid wages. In the past few years, the players' union has communicated with the club and the Football Association several times, but to no avail.

This time they couldn't help it. In particular, players in the lower leagues, such as La Liga and La C, who earn very little and still point to this money to support their families. Therefore, this time they are determined to do it to the end.

"Rist, do you know what's funnier?"

"What?"

"Malaga filed for bankruptcy?"

"Huh?"

Rist looked at Carvajal in surprise. Because of Carvajal, there is still a lot of cooperation between Lister and Malaga. The boss of Malaga is still a very generous boss, who should invest and give money. In the past few years, it has spent nearly 300 million yuan to file for bankruptcy. It's just hilarious.

"Genes, you're kidding."

"What a joke. In recent days, 21 clubs have filed for bankruptcy, and Malaga is one of them. ”

"Twenty-one? So much. And Malaga is fine, what to pay for bankruptcy. ”

Rist was shocked to hear that 21 clubs had filed for bankruptcy. Although Spanish clubs are generally in poor condition at the moment, with heavy debts and salary arrears, they have not reached such a point. Twenty-one, that is, nearly a third of the current Spanish professional clubs have filed for bankruptcy.

"The bullshit went bankrupt, all of them in order to force the Spanish Football Federation. Of these 21 clubs, more than half are heckling, that is, a third of the clubs are really difficult. Málaga wanted to play in the Champions League, but was afraid of the financial fair play policy, so they came up with this idea. ”

With Carvajal's explanation, Rist really couldn't laugh or cry. Málaga wants to play in the Champions League but is afraid of UEFA's financial fair play policy. Because his finances are not in line with the fiscal fairness policy at all, and he does not have the strength of Mansour and Tamim, he can pull some other funds to support Malaga. As a result, fiscal fairness policies simply cannot be adopted.

So Malaga came up with a solution. In La Liga, there is a special bankruptcy protection clause where clubs that file for bankruptcy will not be administratively demoted for two years due to financial problems, and they can also renegotiate debt repayment contracts. Because Malaga has limited income in the past two years, it has relied on the investment of the boss. Therefore, on the books, it meets the bankruptcy condition of "making ends meet". Málaga is aiming for European competition, and the farce of filing for bankruptcy is also to ensure that it will qualify for European competition in the future.

"Hehe, the boss of Malaga is too smart."

"But his method is also a crooked idea. Málaga now earns a pitiful amount of money, with only eight million euros spent on broadcasting last year. The broadcast fees of Real Madrid and Barcelona are more than 130 million. If Málaga's own income does not increase, it will not be able to survive the fiscal fairness policy. ”

"Yes."

La Liga's broadcast fees are very unfair. For example, in the current La Liga broadcast fee, Real Madrid and Barcelona can get more than 40% of the share, and the broadcast fee income is more than 130 million euros. A second-tier team like Atletico Madrid can also share more than 40 million euros in broadcast fees. But for the lowest-tier clubs, the broadcast fee is only 6 million euros, 8 million euros.

"Now that the Spanish economy is weak, it doesn't look like this problem will be solved in a moment."

Although it was affected by the European debt crisis, it was Germany that reacted first. Germany's economy is now the engine of the European Union, and without Germany, the current eurozone is estimated to have knelt long ago. There is also the United Kingdom, although it is also a country that has been hit harder, but it has stood up with its strong strength.

Compared with them, countries such as Spain and Portugal do not show any signs of rising at all, on the contrary, the economy is becoming more and more sluggish. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for Spanish football to get out of the current quagmire.

"Resolved? If nothing else, the problem of unpaid wages alone will not be solved in a few years. Maybe in a few years, the problem of unpaid wages will get even worse. ”

Carvajal shook his head. In Carvajal's view, there is no solution to the current problem of unpaid wages in Spanish football anytime soon. Real Madrid and Barcelona are getting richer and richer, and they are grabbing too many resources.

To use a joke on the Internet, that is, the top superstars are in the Western Super League, world-class stars are in the Premier League, and Serie A and La Liga have become everyone's youth training bases. The two giants of the Western Super League have recruited good stars all over the world, even the Premier League giants. And the Premier League giants and strong teams that have lost their stars have begun to poach players from La Liga clubs with their strong financial strength.

However, the current La Liga clubs are very willing for the Premier League teams to come and poach people. Because Premier League clubs have money, they are very generous in terms of transfer fees. Being able to sell high-priced players is a blessing for the current La Liga clubs.

"These Spanish players are so pathetic. A good person like me is really blind. ”

Seeing that the current problem of unpaid wages is getting more and more serious, Rister is completely itching in his heart. In Spanish football now, it's not just the stars of the first team who are in serious arrears. Many La Liga clubs owe so much debt that they can't even afford to pay for their second team and academy.

Originally, many La Liga clubs had their second teams in La B and La C, but as La Liga clubs became poorer and poorer, they simply had no time to manage the second team. The second teams of these La Liga clubs can't be uncovered one by one, and they can only be reduced to a lower league.

"What's going on in your head, Lister?"

Rist said that he was a good person, and if he heard this at home, Carvajal would definitely vomit. This kid has never been profitable, when was he so kind, and he cared about other people.

"What can I think of. I just feel sorry for the situation of the Spanish players, especially the younger ones. It is estimated that Spanish football continues to be so short of money, and many players who should have become Raul have changed careers. I don't know how many new 'Raul' will be lost in world football. ”

"You're going to put money?"

Carvajal is an old fox, and after a few simple words, Rist already understood Rist's thoughts. Rister is bucking the trend and forgetting to invest money in Spanish football.

"It's not me, it's the two of us."

"How to cooperate?"

"You and me, you're looking for a club in a difficult situation. What a great opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there will never be such a great opportunity again. (To be continued......)