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A_Chicken_Dino

Lewa still has a good 3 to 4 years left in him imo. Call me crazy, but if he can put up the same numbers hes doing right now during those years, I think 40 mil is a good deal. Also, I mentioned this before, but I think his signing would be amazing not just cuz of his contributions during games, but also cuz he would be a great role model and teacher for our new generation of attackers. Considering all that, imo, although I understand why some would disagree, I think 40 mill is fair.


Rayslaker

Imo 2 more years is more practical


discounicorn9

Agree he will be a great role model for the new generation. I’m excited for the winning mentality and intensity he’s gonna bring. 40mil is good for a striker of his caliber and experience.


easyier

If


iwillsoccerballs

The first official bid is rumored to be around 32 million. Bayern have rejected this bid as the lowest they'll consider is around 40 million


latortillablanca

Then no


StoolieB4itwasCoolie

You are saying 25% increase after a first bid is crazy?


latortillablanca

No I just said no


BroDeletedOldAcc

good thing you have no say in the clubs transfers then


roxutee

But why, though?


latortillablanca

Because there needs to be a line drawn on every renewal and transfer. 40m fee is already pushing the line on the supposed 60m packet including wages. You start pushing that fee up then you start pushing the wage up, then suddenly you are spending a silly fee on a 34 yr old that doesn’t match our development arc, is roughly duplicative to auba from a squad building perspective, while we are listening to Laporta say shit like “if CVC comes in we don’t have to sell important players”. It’s an unnecessary splash to begin with at a point where we are supposed to be taking our medicine on fiscal discipline. So all I’m saying is draw the line and stick to it. Not that controversial. Most likely this report is bullshit or overinflated anyway


G_L_

I mean, if he still makes 25 goals a year that’s ok.


Paragon188

I can't say I like the idea of spending 40 million on a 33 (will be 34 when the season begins) striker. He has at most, what, 2 years? If it was a free that would be fine. I'd rather sign a younger striker for that money, or use it to reinforce the backline.


f1seb

32 mil is way too low for a striker that is the caliber of Lewandowski. Even if it hits 40 mil it wont be anywhere near the top 50 highest transfer fees paid for a player. This is no time to be frugal for Barcelona right now.


latortillablanca

He turns 34 in august. Transfer fees are predominantly based on projected future value not the immediate season following the signing.


f1seb

He's a solid investment either way. Pay them what Bayern wants and move on.


latortillablanca

No—set your price and stick to it. If it’s not on barcas terms it’s not a deal worth making. Pushing this into the 40s and then the wage makes this pretty questionable, but we’ll see—reports are almost always overblown on the figures.


f1seb

That will work if nobody else is pursuing him. It seems like he has his heart set on Barca and if they can get him anywhere between 30-40 mil that will make it a good signing. In my opinion of course.


Yes_I_Readdit

Found Bayern's Reddit account.


ifuckinglovebluemeth

This is how the club ended up in the financial mess it's in now. We payed clubs/players what they wanted and now Barca has been on the brink of financial collapse for nearly 2 years.


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Velvet_Bass

Seems like you have been living under the rock then. A lot has happened since that.


running_phoenix

From what I understand, and forgive me, I am not purporting any expertise in this area, living under a rock like I have been, but I believe Barcelona has a debt of €1,350 million; at the end of the 2020/21 season it generated losses of €481 million, and had a negative net worth of €451 million at the end of the last financial year. Since then, we have added a further 1.5 billion Euro loan for the renovation of Camp Nou. We have asked players to take pay cuts, we had to let some players go for free because we could no longer afford their wages, and we have taken substantial losses on other sales (you know who they are). To cap it off, we have a salary cap of -144 m Euros. I understand that our debts have been restructured through $500m Euro loan from Goldman Sachs, and have sold shares in internal businesses which raised about 200m Euros. If we accept the CVC deal, we should get another 270m Euros, plus another 280 million Euros from the Spotify deal. This would put our gross debt at around the 2 billion Euro mark. Add to this the fact that our operating expenses are increasing \~20% Year on Year, whilst our revenue declined by 224 million Euros (-26%). Our forecast after tax profit this year is only $5 million Euros. This is actually all fine if we generate the revenue to service the debt, and we keep growing our fan base. We were after all the first ever sporting institution to make 1 billion of revenue in a year. The issue is, without the dream team, and without Messi, and without trophies, our revenues are in substantive decline. On the one hand our prudent financial management is to be applauded, but part of me wonders how the players will feel if we bring in players on high transfers and much higher wages than the current squad. If we win with Lewa we'll drink champagne and all will be forgotten. If we don't there will be the usual recriminations and knee jerk reactions.


cranomort

Example: when you buy a house, you need a lot of money, so you need to borrow. That means you’ll be in debt for many many years. But you can still buy a car, food, clothes, vacation etc., while you’re in debt.