Following the publication of FC Barcelona’s new salary cap, the Catalans are now very close to reaching the 1:1 Financial Fair Play rule, reports SPORT.
The Blaugrana still exceed the threshold, but are only around €12-14 million away from achieving the target.
Normalcy in the summer
As such, club sources maintain that they expect to reach it in the coming months and that they will be able to operate normally in the transfer market this summer.
This comes after La Liga released the updated salary caps for all clubs halfway through the ongoing season earlier today, with Barça seeing a spike of €81 million – from €351.2 million to €432.8 million.
Barcelona have been operating under tricky financial circumstances in the transfer market for a number of years now, which has often tied their hands.
Returning to the 1:1 rule would mean that the reigning La Liga champions would be able to spend every euro they raise from sales or every euro saved from wages on new additions to the squad.
Barcelona’s plans for the summer
Hansi Flick and Deco are already laying out the roadmap for the summer transfer window, with a new centre-forward and a centre-back at the top of their wishlist.
Julian Alvarez is seen as the main target for the No. 9 position, with Robert Lewandowski expected to depart at the end of the season.
As for the centre-back position, Alessandro Bastoni of Inter Milan is the dream target, but recent reports suggest Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven has emerged as an option as well.
In addition, Barcelona also intend to make the transfer of Marcus Rashford permanent by activating the €30 million buy option – with a salary agreement also in place.
A return to the 1:1 Fair Play rule would allow Deco & co. to operate with greater freedom in the transfer market.
