09/01/2021 9:55
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 09/01/2021 9:56 AM
The transfer market exploded for the first time four years ago, when Paris Saint Germain disbursed 222 million euros to take Neymar from Barcelona.
But the impact was given now, by achieving the unexpected: that Lionel Messi played for another club other than the one that raised him since he left Argentina.
Barcelona weakened its squad in exchange for saving its economy and with that decision it let go of its main asset, eager to renew a contract that had ended in June.
PSG, then, came on the scene, convinced him with his team and salary and reunited him with his friend Neymar.
The League, of course, was reeling and its president, Javier Tebas, came out to harshly criticize PSG and the "clubs-state", considering their economic model "unsustainable", minutes after the closure of the European transfer market.
"The club-states are as dangerous to the football ecosystem as the Super League.
We were critical of the Super League because it destroys European football and we are just as critical of PSG,
" the Spanish leader tweeted.
Club-states are as dangerous to the football ecosystem as the Super League.
We were critical of the Super League because it destroys European football and we are just as critical of PSG.
Covid losses + 300M;
TV revenue in France -40%;
And + 500M in salaries?
Untenable.
- Javier Tebas Medrano (@Tebasjavier) August 31, 2021
With several clubs, such as Barcelona, heavily in debt and in the midst of a budgetary consolidation process, LaLiga has lost all its big stars in just a few years.
Neymar's departure in 2017 was followed by Cristiano Ronaldo's in 2018 and Sergio Ramos and Messi - both free - in this last break.
"Losses due to the covid exceeding 300 million euros, a 40% decrease in TV revenues in France
and more than 500 million euros in salaries?
Unsustainable", reinforced the president of LaLiga, the organization that manages football professional in Spain.
In addition, PSG, owned by the Qatari fund QSI (Qatar Sports Investment), allowed itself to reject
offers of 160 and 180 million euros
from Real Madrid for its forward Kylian Mbappé, who has one year left on his contract in Paris.
The unexpected.
Messi with the shirt of another club.
Photo FRANCK FIFE / AFP
Barça, meanwhile, got rid of
126.6 million euros in net salaries
, according to data from the
Salary Sport
portal
, by discarding Messi (71), Griezmann (36), Francisco Trincao (8), Junior Firpo (6) , Emerson Royal (3), Ilaix Moriba (2) and Matheus Fernandes (0.6).
In addition, he has achieved the salary adjustments of captains Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba, of which the figures have not yet been explained.
Without these operations, Barça would not have been able to register the five incorporations this season: Memphis Depay, Eric Garcia, Sergio 'Kun' Agüero, Luuk de Jong and Emerson Royal, who finally left for London to play for Tottenham.
Finally, regarding the registration of Griezmann in Atlético de Madrid at 11:59 p.m. -one minute before the closing of the pass book-, Tebas explained: "
LaLiga has not granted any extension
. The operations of Griezmann and Luuk De Jong have entered on time before closing LaLiga Manager (application used). Once all the documentation has been uploaded, LaLiga reviews it on each of these operations ".
With information from agencies
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