Is Barcelona getting a money printing machine? How should Real Madrid deal with it?

According to the official announcement of Barcelona, ​​the Red and Blue Army has successfully issued 424 million euros bonds, with a total value of approximately 1.45 billion euros. This move is to integrate debts and push the club into a healthy development track.

Barcelona's financial operations, modern business textbooks

Just like the previous performance when leveraging leverages continuously, Barcelona's management once again contributed a classic business case worth studying to the world. Thanks to the help of regular financial agents such as Goldman Sachs, the Red and Blue Army relied on the existing financial structure to reintegrate the 424 million euro debt used to build the new Camp Nou, which means replacing the previous existing debt and diluting the debt that was originally to be paid in 2028 to 2050, with interest rates directly discounted (from 10.5% to 5.19%), and the short-term repayment pressure plummeted, but the interest expenses in the future have increased.

financial experts are at the helm, Barcelona is rich in finance, and Europe's top youth training camps are constantly transporting talents. In front of them, the golden signs of a century-old wealthy family attract countless elites to join. Barcelona has the top hematopoietic function and centripetal force in the football world, which is why they can always laugh at the end in the game with financial institutions. Major financial owners are willing to lend money to Barcelona and are optimistic about their future development, which makes Laporta look confident when leveraging leverage.

Barcelona uses money to open the way, how should Real Madrid deal with it?

Learned from the lessons of the Bartomeu era, most of the Barcelona management team formed by Laporta are financial experts. They understand the way of business and are good at playing with financial tools. It is no problem to maintain the operation of a wealthy family. Barcelona made mistakes in signings in the late Bartomeu era. As long as Laporta can learn from it, the team has a lot of hope to continue to maintain a high level in the next decade.

While Barcelona borrowed heavily, Real Madrid embarked on the road of tightening money. Florentino is willing to spend a lot of money on young players, but he only hopes to control costs by sign-free. Through Liverpool and other teams' recent reactions to this matter (their own player contracts expire) we can see that Lafayette's expedient measures are difficult to last long. Real Madrid must focus on controlling operating costs to alleviate the increasingly serious financial pressure.