Barcelona has won the La Liga 2024/2025 season after yesterday’s victory over Espanyol. – Along with the success, big money comes into the gates of the soon-to-be-restored and expanded stadium Camp Nou.
Barcelona, which four years ago had 1.46 billion euros in debt, has in recent years managed to turn a profit and pay off the enormous debt. – The status as of the latest report is Barcelona has a negative net worth of 451 million euros – it is a terrible legacy of years of waste and unimaginable salaries, especially Lionel Messi who earned 90 million euros contributed greatly to the deficit year in and year out. – Barcelona’s debt includes almost 390 million euros in player salaries, more than 670 million euros owed to banks.
It is understandable to everyone except those who manage Barcelona that La Liga has a strict salary cap for the club.
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La Liga pays a part of TV revenue to the clubs based on one percent, we therefore do not know exactly what it brings, from experience it is between 60 and 90 million euros, but they are not the only ones who are included now that the La Liga gold is a fact.
Baracelona has a success fee with most of its sponsors paying more with La Liga gold, only Nike alone increases their transfer with 20 million euros. The victory also means that the pre-sale of VIP grandstand space comes earlier than initially planned and even before the deadline for the budget for next year’s budget. The victory of course means that Barcelona are qualified for the Champions League with the income that comes with it.
It is clear in Joan Laporta in his comment has a lot of gruff inside when he talks to the media after yesterday’s game.
“Against everything and everyone” – Barcelona players and president Joan Laporta react to La Liga triumph
Barcelona were confirmed as La Liga champions on Thursday after a 2-0 win over Espanyol, which gave them an unassailable lead over Real Madrid with two games to go. This concludes a fantastic season for the Catalans, who completed a national treble despite many writing them off in the summer of 2023.
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Joan Laporta hits back at critics
Of course, there were big celebrations in the dressing room after the game. And who led them? Joan Laporta. According to Diario AS, the Barcelona president had to be pulled away from the party to give his thoughts on the success of Barça One:
“I have had the privilege of celebrating with the players. There was maximum euphoria – players who know each other, a team with music in their blood, they always dance in there and live without complexes. They have made Barcelona fall in love with them, and it is not easy. A symbiosis that makes us all excited. We have rediscovered joy and pride. A coach who has led them fantastically, one of the keys to their success. A historic season.”
“We have won a league championship against everything and everyone. They have tried to destabilize us like never before, put a thousand obstacles in our way. This is a championship for the culés supporters who have supported us and believed in us to maintain institutional stability. We have won three titles through expertise.”
Lamine Yamal acknowledges the importance of the win
Lamine Yamal was the match-winner for Barcelona at the RCDE Stadium with one goal and one assist. He also spoke to the media about becoming league champion, according to MD:
“We are very happy. There’s always a bit of doubt at the very end, right? This is something very important for the club, and we have achieved it.”
Raphinha: “This is just the beginning”
Raphinha had a quiet evening against Espanyol, something he himself admitted in a comment to the media (via MD). He also stressed that Barcelona’s success this season is just the start:
“Individually, this was one of my worst games this season. It’s my second league championship and I hope to win many more. We have to focus on ourselves. If we do our job and don’t look at others, the opportunities increase. We didn’t have to look at Real Madrid. We knew we had a weak first half, but we were better in the second.”
“I’m not stopping here. With this shirt in Spain, I have won everything possible, and now we have to aim for the Champions League – the club’s dream, not just the players’ and staff’s. We were close this season, but next season we’ll go for everything.”
Fermin Lopez on the
celebration Fermin Lopez scored the second goal that secured the league title and also addressed the situation surrounding the celebrations on the pitch, which was more subdued compared to two years ago (MD):
“We’ve achieved the goal, we’ve worked hard for this, and I think we deserved it. Today, it outweighs the goal that was annulled against Real Madrid. I understand what happened last time, but we don’t hurt anyone. We show no lack of respect – we won our championship and celebrated very little.”
