Official: Barcelona activate the second lever – 15% of TV rights to Sixth Street

Barcelona have officially activated their second lever, selling a further 15% of their La Liga TV rights to Sixth Street, who also bought the previous 10%. In total, the American investment fund now owns 25% of Barcelona’s TV La Liga rights for the next 25 years.

The initial 10% was sold for €207.5 million, and while the total revenue is not revealed, one can safely assume that Sixth Street will pay Barcelona a sum upwards of €400 million.

With the second lever activated, Barça will be able to register existing players that have renewed their contracts – Sergi Roberto and Ousmane Dembele -, while also registering new signings such as Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, and Franck Kessie.

They are also expected to move in for Jules Kounde, who has a price tag of nearly €60 million stuck on him. Chelsea are fighting off Barça in this race as well, but the final decision rests with the Frenchman, who seems to prefer the Catalan giants over the Blues.