Barcelona’s final position in La Liga could have a financial impact on the Spanish FA

More and more revelations keep emerging from El Confidencial’s recent report revolving around the Spanish FA’s deal with Saudi Arabia for the Super Cup.

The report made released some shocking documents and recordings that dragged Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and RFEF president Luis Rubiales under the cloud of corruption.

Now, another fresh set of documents released from El Confidencial (h/t Diario AS), has revealed more interesting deals regarding the deal between the RFEF and Saudi Arabia regarding the Super Cup.

As per the agreement, Real Madrid and Barcelona stand to make a fixed €6 million every year for participating in the competition, while other clubs such as Real Betis would be bagging a much lesser sum of €750,000.

However, there also includes a counter-clause in case Barcelona or Real Madrid miss out on the competition.

As per the new qualifying rules, the top two teams and the two finalists of Copa del Rey enter the Super Cup tournament. With Barça not making the finals of Copa del Rey, they need to finish in the top two of the league to participate.

If they fail to do so and do not make the trip to Saudi for the tournament, then the RFEF will have to bear a penalty of €5 million. In the eventuality that both Barça and Real Madrid miss out, the Spanish Federation would have to shell out a €10 million penalty.

It also affects Rubiales’ salary as it includes a variable component based on the fee that the RFEF receive from Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup hosting rights. Higher the revenue, higher his wage, but Barça missing out would eat into the revenue and thus cut into his salary.

As things stand, Barcelona are second in La Liga. But Atletico Madrid and Sevilla are breathing down their necks, level on points with the Catalan giants.