Barcelona poised to receive €330 million boost through second economic lever

With Barcelona accelerating their transfer plans in the past few days, the club will also need to activate their second economic lever at the earliest to ensure that all the deals get over the line in time and there are no delays due to financial issues.

The Catalans triggered the first lever by selling 10% of their TV rights to Sixth Street for the next 25 years, which helped them generate revenue worth around €207.5 million.

Now, SPORT is reporting that Barça plan to activate the second lever through the sale of the remaining 15% of the TV rights and close the deal by the end of next week.

As per the report, the Blaugrana are once again likely to enter a deal with Sixth Street for the remaining share of the TV rights. The club will stand to receive an amount worth around €320-330 million from the deal, with a capital gain of €400 million.

It would allow Barcelona to press ahead with their next set of transfers and complete the signings that manager Xavi Hernandez has requested to strengthen the squad ahead of the new season.

The La Liga bigwigs have already struck a deal to sign Raphinha from Leeds United in a move worth €67 million.

Barcelona are also working on an agreement for Bayern Munich superstar Robert Lewandowski, although the deal is proving challenging because of the German champions’ unrelenting demands.

Deals for Chelsea duo Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta are also in the works while the Blaugrana also wish to sign Jules Kounde from Sevilla before the transfer window closes.

So, the timely activation of the second economic lever, which should hand Barça a boost of around €330 million, will be crucial to their transfer plans in the coming weeks. And, as things stand, the Catalans expect to close the deal with Sixth Street for the 15% TV rights by next week.