After Russell heard Lister's message, he did not hesitate at all, nor did he say that the chest advertisement could not be sold. Instead, he enthusiastically asked Lister how much money Qatar could give him.
"Sandro, haven't Barcelona always sold advertisements on their chests? Aren't you afraid that the Barcelona members won't agree?"
"Now we have no choice but to sell it."
Russell sighed, holding all of Barcelona's current financial statements in his hand. He showed it to Riester without any suspicion at all, and then he said with disdain: "Although Barcelona's performance is very good now, the economy is in a mess. And this statement
It’s all fucking nonsense. You know what? Now we need to borrow money from the bank to pay wages. Without the support of the bank, we can’t even pay wages every month.”
"No way."
Riester was very doubtful. Although Barcelona's economy is indeed not good, the revenue last season was more than 300 million. It's not like Barcelona can't even pay wages.
"Sandro, where did Barcelona's income of more than 300 million go? Why can't they even pay wages?"
Seeing Lister's question, Russell shook his head and said with a smile: "Lister, can I still lie to you? Can you tell me which club in European football currently has the highest salary?"
"Should it be Real Madrid? Or Chelsea?"
Statistics on salaries of European football clubs are available every year. Riester estimates that Real Madrid and Chelsea have the highest salary expenditures.
First of all, Real Madrid’s signings are all top players, and not one or two of them have a pre-tax salary of more than 10 million. For example, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, Ribery, Casillas, and Alonso have pre-tax annual salaries.
They all cost more than 10 million euros.
Needless to say, Chelsea's salary is very high. There are countless players in their team with a weekly salary of more than 100,000 pounds. From Cech, Terry, Ashley Cole, Lampard
, Ballack, Anelka, Drogba, and Malouda all have salaries of more than 100,000 pounds, with an average of more than 130,000 to 40,000 pounds.
"Shit. It's us Barcelona. Barcelona's expenditure on salaries and bonuses alone exceeded 260 million euros last year. Our expenditure on salaries and bonuses is higher than Real Madrid and Chelsea in the Premier League. Real Madrid is not that good.
It’s about 240 million euros, and Chelsea has just exceeded 200 million euros.”
"call--"
Lister couldn't help but take a breath. Lister really didn't expect that Barcelona's salary and bonus expenses were so high. After all, Barcelona's income last season was only about 360 million euros. He didn't expect that the salary and bonuses alone were more than 200 million euros.
More than 60 million euros. No wonder Barcelona's statistics after last season showed a deficit of more than 70 million euros and nearly 80 million euros.
"Lister, you also know. When I was here, Barcelona always had a low fixed salary and high bonuses. Juan acquiesced to my strategy, but he only acquiesced to my high bonuses.
, the fixed salary actually keeps increasing accordingly.”
Lister looked at Russell and smiled unnaturally. This fixed salary keeps rising, and it has a lot to do with Lister. Lister's players have always demanded high salaries, otherwise Lister will pay liquidated damages.
He is unwilling to improve life or death. Of course, the bonuses he deserves should not be less. For example, Messi's annual salary after tax last season was only 6 million euros, but with the results of the Triple Crown, he won 6 million euros in one season.
The salary and bonuses he received exceeded 10 million euros. With Messi signing a new contract, if Barcelona wins another Triple Crown, Messi's income will exceed 178 million euros.
"Look at Joan's signings again. Zygrinski has 25 million euros, but he can't even play in Barcelona. Ibrahimovic, with a salary of 10 million euros after tax, but in Barcelona
What's the use? There's no way he can integrate into Barcelona's system. And Arshavin, how old is he? With nine million euros after tax, it's so easy to make money. And of course Henry. Nine million euros after tax.
.Tell me about these players, they have high salaries from the club, some are old, some are young, and some have a thorn in their side."
Russell said this, and List thought about it and it was really like this. Many people just saw the success of Barcelona's youth training and saw one after another youth training players succeed in the first team. Including Busquets,
Bojan, Tello, Pique, but none of them saw that those at the top of Barcelona are all high-paying people.
Messi is worth 13 million euros after tax, Ibrahimovic is worth 10 million euros after tax, Henry and Arshavin are worth 9 million euros after tax, and Puyol and Xavi are worth 600 million euros after tax.
million euros, Iniesta’s and theirs are five million euros after tax.
Among them, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Henry, and Arshavin enjoy the Beckham Act, so their personal taxes are low. However, Puyol, Xavi, and Iniesta all have very heavy taxes.
What's more important is that Barcelona's bonuses are much higher than those of other clubs. Now Barcelona is already at the top of European football in terms of fixed salary alone. With the high bonuses, the expenses are astonishingly high.
"If I become the president of Barcelona, these high-salary people will be eliminated. Otherwise, Barcelona's salary is too high. We simply cannot afford it."
Lister looked at the murderous Russell and mourned for several high-paid players. Ibrahimovic, Henry, Arshavin, and a huge parallel importer Zygrinski, these people seemed to want
Get lost. But if these people really leave, it will indeed free up a huge space for Barcelona's finances. In just one year's salary, more than 40 million euros can be freed up. Including bonuses, the annual expenditure will be less.
It cost more than 50 million euros. Of course, if it can be sold, there will still be a transfer fee of 40 to 50 million euros.
"Okay, Riester. You know the difficulty I'm in right now. If Barcelona's finances are not put in order, Barcelona will collapse. Tell me, how much money are those Qataris willing to spend?"
"Sandro, I can't say. But they are very rich, and they only value Barcelona's current influence. If the deal is settled, it should be around 30 million euros."
"Thirty million euros?"
Russell nodded slowly. Abandoning Barcelona's strategy for many years is also a last resort for Russell. But if there are really 30 million euros in sponsorship, what's the point of abandoning tradition for the sake of this money?
Relationship. Thirty million euros is not a small amount. If Barcelona signs this sponsorship, in terms of advertisements on the chest of the jersey, Barcelona will have the highest sponsorship fee in European football.
"Rister, please reply to the Qataris. This matter can be discussed, but it must wait until I become the president of Barcelona. Before that, I don't want any rumors to affect the Barcelona election. Once there are such rumors, I will firmly deny it.
At that time, cooperation will be out of the question.”
List nodded and understood what Rosell meant. After all, it has always been a tradition of Barcelona to not use the advertisement on the chest of the jersey in the commercial field. Although Rosell now has a huge advantage, he still does not dare to have any carelessness. If Barcelona members
If you know that you have such thoughts, you may not be able to support yourself when the time comes.
"I understand what you mean. Don't worry."
Now there is no one who wants Rosell to become the chairman of Barcelona more than Rist. With Guardiola's success in Barcelona, Guardiola's agent and Guardiola's brother have become the most powerful agents in Barcelona.
Lister has no way to get involved in Barcelona's transfer. Moreover, Barcelona's youth training camp has been divided between the two of them. This makes Lister quite angry. After all, there are many good players in Barcelona's youth training camp.
Both are also very good things for Lister.
Therefore, Riester has been waiting for Rosell to take office. Historically, after Rosell took office, he had a bad relationship with Guardiola, especially with Guardiola’s brother. Because Guardiola’s brother was originally Rosell.
Although he was from Seoul, he cooperated with Laporta, which made Rosell very dissatisfied. Many Barcelona fans later disliked Rosell because Guardiola's departure had a lot to do with Rosell.
In other words, Rosell forced Guardiola away.
But what does this have to do with Lister? Lister only knows one thing. Although Guardiola is the hero who laid the foundation for Barcelona's Dream Three, he has two powerful agents, which greatly harmed Lister's interests. He can only drive him away.
Only with Guardiola did Lister be able to re-establish his own advantages in Barcelona. As for whether Barcelona's performance will be good or not after Guardiola leaves, it is not Lister's business.
"Liester, you just said they still want to name our Camp Nou?"
"That's what I mean. But I think it would be more difficult to name the Camp Nou. The chest advertisement would be simpler, so I told you this."
Russell nodded, but quickly said with a smile: "Actually, those old-fashioned things can no longer keep up with the situation. Look at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and Bayern's Allianz Arena. Aren't they all selling out?
Naming rights. As long as we pay, it doesn't matter if we sell the naming rights. Could it be that if the naming rights change, our stadium will no longer be Camp Nou."
Russell and Laporta are really different. Laporta regards Barcelona as a springboard, so he only cares about Barcelona's results. Russell, on the other hand, wants to build Barcelona into a commercial club, just like
The same goes for Real Madrid's Florentino now. So as long as it's something that can make money, Russell is not afraid of change at all.
"I see."
Today, as commercial football is developing more and more, money is everything. For the sake of money, even giants like Barcelona need to change. If they don't change, they can't keep up with the situation. In today's football, if there is no money, even giants can't keep up with the situation.
Unable to develop. Even a top club like Real Madrid can sell anything for money.
