Several Barcelona signings from last summer ‘see no point’ in lowering their salaries – report

According to journalist Toni Juanmarti, several Barcelona players, who joined the club last summer, ‘see no point’ in lowering their wages again this year as they already signed under difficult economic circumstances last season.

Barcelona are going through difficulties on the economic front and will need to lower their wage bill by around €200 million in order to meet La Liga’s Financial Fair Play limitations.

It is necessary for the club to resolve the matter at the earliest given that they would not be able to sign or register new players or even register the new contracts of some of their current stars, including Gavi and Ronad Araujo until the FFP issues are taken care of.

Amidst this, there have been speculations that Barcelona are considering the possibility of a collective pay cut on the first-team squad which could help save them around €70 million.

However, as per the report from Juanmarti, some of the stars who arrived at Barça last year might not be too willing to go ahead with such a plan.

The journalist states that the message coming through from the environments of certain players who joined the club in 2022 is that lowering their salaries again this year does not make sense as they had signed under difficult circumstances and made some sacrifices last year itself.

Barcelona went on somewhat of a spree last summer after triggering their economic levers. The Catalans brought in Raphinha, Jules Kounde, Robert Lewandowski, Andreas Christensen, Franck Kessie, Marcos Alonso, and Hector Bellerin, along with Pablo Torre as well.

All these players are understood to have signed contracts in line with the club’s new salary policy. So, it remains to be seen whether they are willing to accept a new wage reduction before next season.

Barcelona are also looking to negotiate salary cuts with players such as Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets, who are among the top earners at the club.

Busquets’ current contract expires this summer and if he chooses to renew, it will be at a much lower salary than the one he earns at present.

As for Alba, there will be discussions over a pay cut with him as well. And in case an agreement is not reached, Barcelona will look to offload the veteran left-back.