[Thread] Found something really interesting from Reddit regarding Arthur-Pjanic deal:
"Barcelona already needed to raise €124m in sales this season, which put them in the position of needing to find €60m before July 1. And that was before the effects of the pandemic were..."
"Barcelona already needed to raise €124m in sales this season, which put them in the position of needing to find €60m before July 1. And that was before the effects of the pandemic were..."
"...calculated. If they didn& #39;t, the board of directors would find themselves personally liable for 15% of the loss, as per the 1990 law that governed club structures. That is why Barcelona were so desperate to get a deal done, why a seemingly strange swap deal happened."
Now this transfer makes a little bit more sense but as someone else said:
"What makes this a poor transfer for Barcelona is that it was never meant to benefit Barcelona in any way, it& #39;s just a clever trick that allows Bartomeu and his board to escape responsibility for..."
"What makes this a poor transfer for Barcelona is that it was never meant to benefit Barcelona in any way, it& #39;s just a clever trick that allows Bartomeu and his board to escape responsibility for..."