LaLiga publishes the new limits for selection costs between now and the end of the season; The number of Catalans goes from one in 658 million to one in 270.
Once the winter transfer window has ended, LaLiga has made public the sports personnel cost limits (LCPD) of the clubs and SAD of LaLiga EA Sports, as well as the limits corresponding to LaLiga Hypermotion.
In this sense, FC Barcelona’s salary cap is notable, which is collapsing. And the fact is that Barça, despite all the exits it has managed to make in the last market period, has to adapt: ​​it has a salary cost limit from 656 million euros to one of 270 million euros.
However, it costs the Catalan club 404 million euros to maintain staff salaries. That is, it is still exceeded. So things are, will have a deficit of 134 million at the end of the season, will accumulate more debt and will have fewer personnel limits in the 2024/2025 season, unless you get that income somehow.
Barcelona will have to continue to adapt despite the fact that it has already stopped paying the salaries of Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Clement Lenglet, Ousmane Dembelé, Ansu Fati, Eric GarcÃa, Kessie, Serginho Dest or Ez Abde.
Real Madrid, the club with the highest salary cap
For another year, Real Madrid will remain, like last year, the team with the highest salary cap in LaLiga, with a maximum of 727 million euros, compared to the 683 ‘kilos’ it had last year. In second place appears Atlético de Madrid, with a salary cap of 296 million euros (last year 344), ahead of Barcelona itself or Sevilla, which sets its ceiling at 168 million euros.
Valencia gets 85 ‘kilo’ ‘fair play’
Another news concerns Valencia CF, which has now once again expanded its “fair play” for this season and from now on, according to the latest update, will have an LCD of 85 “kilos”, 10 million more than last year. year.
On the other hand, it should be noted that Alavés, UD Las Palmas and Getafe have the lowest salary limits in the First Division: 31, 35 and 40 million euros to spend respectively.
What salary cap will each La Liga team have in the 2023-2024 season?
The rules for clubs exceeding their salary cap
In the 21/22 season, the LaLiga delegated committee approved the changes to register players in the teams who have exceeded the salary cost limit. The new regulations invite further reductions in salary costs to prevent many clubs from continuing to exceed them. Clubs whose salary cap has been exceeded can register players in these situations:
- Firstly, they will be able to register players whose costs do not exceed 25% of the released salary mass.
- Secondly, they may register players whose costs do not exceed 25% of the net benefit from the transfer of said players.
- Another important question. In some specific cases, the percentage to be applied will be increased to 50% of the net profit (sales profit minus the remaining depreciation) for the transfer of said players, as long as the individual costs of the footballer are at least 5%. of the cost of the registrable template.
How does LaLiga’s salary cap work?
The LaLiga website explains that: “Each club or SAD proposes to LaLiga its selection cost limit, in accordance with the rules for establishing club budgets, and it is up to the LaLiga Validation Body to approve the proposed limit or, if applicable , if that is the case, rectify it to the amount which guarantees the financial stability of the Club”.
It also contains two important clarifications: “The request does not always correspond to the maximum amount and does not imply that the requested expenditure will be consumed in its entirety. It can also be increased in the conditions and with the procedure established in Title III of the Budgeting Standards of clubs and SADs”.
How is the salary limit calculated?
It is governed by Articles 34 to 41 of the “SAD Club and Budget Preparation Rules”. All money that clubs receive from sponsorship contracts, subscription and membership contributions, television rights, operating income, income from competitions, advertising and sales of players is considered income. As an expense, it calculates the money spent on player purchases, operating expenses, depreciation, facilities, non-athletic personnel and what are known as negative stock variations.
Article 34.1 marks the break-even point of the clubs, which is determined by the costs of the sports team, which includes the registrable sports team (25 players, coach, assistant coach, physical trainer, etc.) and the non-registrable (expenses) . on subsidiaries, quarries and other sporting departments).
Source: Goal
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