Spanish press reports revealed today, Saturday, that Barcelona Club is close to achieving a financial breakthrough in the current summer transfer market, in preparation for the new football season 2023, after receiving 207.5 million euros, two days ago, in exchange for selling part of the rights to broadcast its matches.
“If Barcelona activate the cranes, they can sign Lewandowski, Bernardo Silva and some others,” La Liga president Javier Tebas said during a press conference carried by Catalan sports media.
According to the Catalan newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, the Barca administration is currently working to sell 15% of the TV broadcasting rights for 400 million euros.
Barcelona is seeking to complete this matter before July 17, which is the date on which the Blaugrana tour will begin in the United States of America, in preparation for the next season.
El Mundo confirmed that Barcelona will allocate 200 million euros of this amount for summer deals.
The newspaper pointed out that the players targeted by the Blaugrana administration are: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Jules Conde (Sevilla), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Rafinha (Leeds United), Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso (Chelsea).
The newspaper said that Xavi has made hiring Bernardo Silva a priority should Frenkie de Jong leave this summer.
But to commit to the services of the Manchester City star, Barcelona must spend between 90 and 100 million euros.
Yesterday, Barcelona announced that the name of the company “Spotify” was placed on its own stadium, “Camp Nou”, after the company succeeded in concluding a deal with the Catalan club to sponsor the team’s stadium, so that the name of the stadium would be “Spotify Camp Nou”.
Barcelona and the Spotify application, the alliance through which the music platform became the main sponsor of the Catalan club, where the logo of the Swedish company appeared on the main interface of the Camp Nou, along with pictures of players from the first team for men and women.
Moreover, since it appeared on the competition shirts from the 2022-2023 season, for a period of 4 years, and the training shirts for the next three years, for both men’s and women’s teams, the music application also became a partner in the name of the Barca stadium, becoming “Spotify Camp Nou”.
Barcelona is expected to generate an estimated return of 70 million euros over the next four years, including performance variables.
In the defensive sector, the Catalan club is also preparing the arrivals with three players from Chelsea on goal: Andreas Christensen, Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta.