The financial control of La Liga has been limiting, for years now, the wage bill that the 20 clubs in the championship can offer to their workforce. The calculation of this NBA-style salary cap is calculated by taking into account the club’s income and expenses. Thus, the more financially powerful the club, the higher the ceiling. A measure which aims to prevent clubs from living beyond their means and therefore remaining in the green.
And La Liga has unveiled the ceilings for each club for this second part of the season. Real Madrid thus has the right to allocate 729 million euros annually to its workforce, taking into account salaries, various bonuses and bonuses, as well as contributions to social security. On the other hand, Barça find themselves with a negative figure of -144 million euros, being moreover the only formation in La Liga to have a negative figure. Not surprising after spending the winter transfer window. This therefore means that theoretically, the Catalan club could not register any player. Of course, in practice, this is not the case, and these “losses” will be compensated over time. It should be noted that Sevilla is the second club that can spend the most money on salaries (199 million euros), ahead of Atlético (161 million euros).
