Barcelona still owes more than ten clubs more than €200 million, according to the Spanish daily

The Spanish giant’s financial situation has been in a very bad state for some time. Spanish newspaper ARA has now come up with information where they try to sum up how much Barcelona still owe to other clubs in unpaid transfer fees.

The tight financial situation hasn’t stopped the club from making more expensive transfers in previous transfer seasons even with the help of a few financial levers.

The Catalans have a large amount of outstanding debts. However, it is also necessary to look at the other side of the coin and see that even Barcelona is still owed a higher amount of money by some of Europe’s leading clubs for buying and hosting their players.

The Spanish newspaper ARA has summarised the situation, stating that Barcelona should pay back €90 million to clubs such as Ajax, Manchester City, Leeds United, Bayern Munich and Sevilla in the next twelve months alone. These short-term obligations must be repaid during this season.

Another €120 million is owed on long-term commitments. The slight consolation of this situation is that Barcelona is still owed €49 million in short-term and another €40 million in long-term liabilities by other clubs.

Some of the liabilities remain from the days when Josep Maria Bartomeu was in charge of the club. Thus, the Blaugranas should soon pay 16 million to Ajax for the transfer of Frenkie de Jong, whose transfer happened back in 2019. Smaller amounts are also owed for the transfers of Neto, Jean-Claire Todib, Emerson Royal, Junior Firpo, and Miralem Pjanic, in whose case the club owes even four different clubs.

Joan Laporta has imposed a new order after his arrival, and Barcelona’s primary focus has been on cutting astronomical costs. The club has strengthened mostly with free agents, but even so, the Catalans have made some costly transfers.

For Raphinha, the Blaugranas still owe €24 million in the short term and €38 million in the long term. In the case of Ferran Torres, the debt is 13 and 26 million euros respectively.

Barcelona also owe €36 million to Sevilla for the transfer of Jules Kounde and a total of €31 million to Bayern Munich for the arrival of Robert Lewandowski.

According to AS SPORT, these are “priority debts” as other clubs could sue the Catalan big club in case of non-payment. If things get even worse, a transfer ban could be imposed during the next transfer window.

Source: Forbes, Barcauniversal