Barcelona to miss out on €2 million revenue after Juventus friendly is cancelled

Barcelona’s pre-season tour of the United States of America did not get off to the best start. The Catalans were supposed to face Juventus in their first friendly on Saturday night, but the game was cancelled as several members of the squad were struck down by a stomach bug.

Reports emerged after the announcement claiming that up to 15 players had contacted the stomach virus while some members of the coaching staff were also affected.

Among those to have fallen sick are new signing Oriol Romeu, Alejandro Balde, Eric Garcia, and Jules Kounde.

Now, Mundo Deportivo sheds light on the repercussions of the match between Barcelona and Juventus getting cancelled.

The La Liga champions will not suffer any penalties because of the cancellation as they had taken out insurance that covers this type of issue.

However, the cancellation of the game does impact the Blaugrana somewhat financially as they will miss out on a potential revenue worth around €2 million.

Barcelona were expecting an income of around €12 million from the four friendlies they were originally scheduled to play in the USA. And the estimation is that they will now miss out on around €2 million due to the game being cancelled.

In order to avoid the same, the possibility of postponing the game for a later date was looked into, but ultimately, there was no way, as confirmed by Barça president Joan Laporta.

“It’s a very hard blow, especially for the players affected, who I hope and wish them a speedy recovery. It is hard because all the Barça fans were looking forward to being in San Francisco today, playing a match against Juve,” Laporta said.

“Unfortunately, the match has been cancelled because the summer tour is very tightly scheduled and we don’t have any more dates for this match to take place. We are going to see how we can make it up somehow. It is what it is and we have to accept it.”