Barcelona looking to play a friendly in November or December as a way to generate income

Barcelona are always on the lookout for any means and opportunities to generate some extra income that will boost their Financial Fair Play situation which in turn would allow them to sign new players and reinforce the squad.

Heading into the January transfer window, there is very little room to manoeuvre for the Blaugrana as they hope to incorporate Vitor Roque and register him while also looking for a new pivot midfielder.

Even as they wait on the €40 million payment from German investors Libero, they are also exploring other possible avenues for income.

Barcelona studying the possibility of a friendly

As such, Mundo Deportivo’s Fernando Polo is reporting that Barcelona are looking into the possibility of playing a friendly match either in November or December as a way of generating some extra revenue.

The tight fixture calendar makes it difficult for the Blaugrana to find a window to arrange a friendly, but they are already trying to figure out a possible date when it can be played.

As iterated earlier, the registration of Vitor Roque has become a top priority for Barcelona for the winter. And for that to happen, there is a need for income.

So, even though the club continue waiting on the payments from Libero, they do not want to miss out on any other opportunity to bring in some more cash into the coffers, which is why the possibility of a friendly is being studied.

When can Barcelona play the friendly?

In the week between the game against Real Madrid (28 October) and the Real Sociedad clash (4 November) there is a gap.

But given the quality of the opposition, it is not considered prudent to arrange a friendly between those two encounters.

There is also an international break in November which would leave a tiny window between the 20th and 23rd, when most players are back, before the weekend’s game against Rayo Vallecano.

There is another week without a game in December in between the games against Atlético Madrid and Girona.

Finally, another possibility could be to arrange the friendly in the weekend of December 19-20, immediately after the Catalans play the last league game before the mid-season break.