Barça has coal again – and invested a large part of it now!
According to journalist Gerard Romero close to the club, Barcelona won the race for Raphinha (25). Accordingly, the Catalans pay 60 million euros to his club Leeds United.
The Barça plan: First Raphinha, then Robert Lewandowski (33). The Brazilian is said to be one of Lewy’s assist providers.
The catch: Bayern have rejected the last offer (40 million euros plus 5 million bonuses) from Barcelona. Only from 50 million euros would the German record champions be willing to talk.
The bosses around CEO Oliver Kahn (53) are currently insisting on the valid contract of the world footballer until 2023. And so far the Spaniards have not made an improved offer in Munich!
Photo: RONNY HARTMANN/AFP
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But where does the heavily indebted club get the money from?
The answer: Barça sold part of his future. The investment company Sixth Street will pay around 200 million euros for 10 percent of the TV rights for the next 25 years.
And Barça wants even more, another 15 percent of the TV rights will soon be over the table. With debts of around 1.35 billion euros, that’s badly needed coal …
By the way: For Thomas Tuchel (48) this is a bitter transfer defeat. Chelsea also really wanted Raphinha. But he only wanted to go to Barça.
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