Barcelona new signing’s salary set at €8 million by La Liga – report

Despite the challenges posed on the financial front, FC Barcelona managed to enjoy a successful transfer window.

The Catalans signed Ilkay Gundogan and Oriol Romeu, both of whom have already become regular fixtures in Xavi’s side while Inigo Martinez made his long-awaited debut on Sunday.

Late on deadline day, the Blaugrana added two more top players to their ranks in the form of Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix, both arriving on loan from Manchester City and Atletico Madrid, respectively.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco have already acknowledged that the Portuguese duo made financial sacrifices to join the club and have praised their commitment.

La Liga set Felix’s salary at €8 million

Over the weekend reports emerged claiming that Felix had reduced his salary by half to help Barcelona with their Financial Fair Play situation.

Further reports claimed that the 23-year-old had made much more substantial reductions, as it was claimed that his salary at Barça would be just €800,000 gross (€400,000 net).

However, Ramon Fuentes of Mundo Deportivo is now claiming that La Liga’s Economic Control has set Felix’s salary at €8 million gross (€4 million net) for Fair Play calculations and purposes.

This comes after La Liga’s Economic Control consulted with the Valuation Committee which has determined the Portuguese international’s salary in accordance with what he used to earn at Atletico Madrid in the past, along with several other factors.

Factors considered to determine salary

The Committee must take into account aspects such as the ‘acquisition cost of the player, the value of his termination clause or the remuneration elements available,’ along with other elements such as: ‘the age of the player, the current situation of the football market, the length of the contract and, where appropriate, loan contracts’.

There are also other variables that are considered by the committee to set salaries such as the number of international caps in the current and previous season, and individual awards won during the last 3 years.

Along with that, some other factors are the number of international championships won during the last 4 years, the number of national championships won during the last 2 years or the number/percentage of matches played during the current and previous seasons.

Based on all these aspects and factors, the committee has determined Felix’s salary should be set at €8 million gross (€4 million net) and will use that figure for Fair Play calculations even though Barça would be paying him €400,000.