FC Barcelona appear to get linked with nearly each United participant below the solar which, given the Catalans’ precarious monetary place, typically makes little sense in any way.
Latest experiences linking Marcus Rashford with a transfer to the Camp Nou, for instance, appear considerably fanciful.
A participant below contract with a market worth of £71 million (supply: transfermarkt.com) and wage of £200,000 per week (supply: spotrac.com) is unquestionably past the Blaugrana’s capabilities in the intervening time.
Nevertheless, Paul Pogba is one other matter, particularly following the information that Barça have struck a sponsorship take care of Spotify that can ease the monetary burden.
‘Barcelona’s unique curiosity had cooled as a result of they thought they’d be unable to satisfy the non-public calls for of the previous Juventus man,’ The Day by day Star claims.
‘Nevertheless, final week’s mega sponsorship take care of Spotify, value an estimated £235million over 4 years, has altered the monetary image at Camp Nou dramatically.
‘And it now means they’ll enter the race – and provide you with a package deal to tempt Pogba to affix the on-going Xavi revolution.
‘Barcelona have made Pogba’s super-agent Mino Raiola conscious they are going to be in for him come June.’
It could look like true that Pogba desires to play at a high membership and would relish the problem of La Liga. The Catalans’ mutual curiosity additionally appears nearly sure to be true. It is usually undeniably true that the Spotify deal will ease their monetary burden to some extent.
Nevertheless, there may be nonetheless the problem of La Liga’s wage capping guidelines and Pogba’s £250,000 per week wage.
This season, Barça’s as soon as €675 million wage cap was all the way down to €97 million. The capping was the explanation the membership needed to let Lionel Messi go.
La Liga have imposed an general spending cap on Barça of minus €144 million this season. Spotify’s roughly £60 million per yr injection can be a drop within the ocean of the general £1.16 billion debt.
Even when the spending cap for subsequent season creeps right into a constructive determine, the membership goes to wish to promote gamers earlier than it could actually purchase.
Antoine Griezmann, Philippe Coutinho, Samuel Umtiti, Neto, Clement Lenglet and Sergino Dest are all anticipated to be offloaded.
The membership is busy targetting free brokers due to the scenario and that is the place Pogba is available in. Nevertheless, his wage is a large drawback.
President Joan Laporta has launched the membership’s personal wage cap of €10 million per yr for brand spanking new signings. The 29-year-old’s £250,000 per week works out at €15.4 million on the present price of change.
This distinction might be overcome with the cost of variables and bonuses, however Pogba must take a 35% minimize to his present base wage at United to affix Barcelona.
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— BarçaTimes (@BarcaTimes) January 27, 2022
There’s a related subject at Pogba’s different most important suitor Juventus, the place the wage cap is even decrease (at the moment €171,000 per week (roughly €8.89 per yr)).
The Frenchman’s different choices are to signal the brand new deal on supply at United (the worth of which is unknown, however is more likely to be equal to or greater than his present deal) or presumably to signal for Paris Saint Germain, who’re rumoured to have an interest and who wouldn’t have any points when it comes to matching his wage.
