Will FC Barcelona ACTUALLY Go Bankrupt?!

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Reports in Spanish newspaper El Mundo at the start of 2021 shed light on the extent of Barcelona's financial plight.
    Josep Bartomeu may have resigned, but the legacy of his disastrous reign as president lives on, and the La Liga giants are reportedly in €1.4 billion of debt.
    The amount of short-term debt the club is saddled with has led to talk of Barca going bankrupt, so in this video, HITC Sevens examines Barca's frightening accounts, how things got so bad, and whether there is any way out for Lionel Messi's side.

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  • @HITCSevens
    @HITCSevens  3 года назад +323

    Quick note to say that I made the video before Laporta was elected Barça president but I couldn't get it up before he was officially voted in. Hope you all enjoy the video nonetheless! ✌🏽💚 #ThePeoplesChannel

    • @alexa5675
      @alexa5675 3 года назад +43

      "I couldn't get it up" - *giggles*

    • @gbolahanafolayan
      @gbolahanafolayan 3 года назад +13

      @@alexa5675 Real mature😂😂

    • @gbolahanafolayan
      @gbolahanafolayan 3 года назад +20

      Sacking Koeman is no longer popular with the fan base. A good number, if not most fans, realise how dire the situation is and how much of a job Koeman has done with all that has happened.
      We also need continuity, especially with all the upheaval going on at the club.

    • @alexa5675
      @alexa5675 3 года назад +8

      @@gbolahanafolayan LIFE IS TOUGH, it's my way to cope 🤣🤣🤣

    • @rachitagrawal8058
      @rachitagrawal8058 3 года назад +2

      @@gbolahanafolayan korman has done a decent job but he has clearly shown his limitations. Our fanbase is just too comfortable with mediocrity now.

  • @theonlyjoe_
    @theonlyjoe_ 3 года назад +604

    Day 3: Lionel messi’s teammates from his final barça b game: where are they now?

  • @ralstonbodhi8985
    @ralstonbodhi8985 3 года назад +401

    Short answer:
    Well yes, but actually no

  • @ongkhuongduy3498
    @ongkhuongduy3498 3 года назад +114

    When your wage bill is higher than Football clubs with the backing of oil countries, you know you screwed up royally somewhere

    • @DarkKnight_
      @DarkKnight_ 3 года назад +10

      @@grievuspwn4g3 A third of Barca revenue is as a result of him. Also every 8 in 10 Barca Jersey sold is Messi's

    • @ordemeprogresso727
      @ordemeprogresso727 3 года назад +2

      Yes! barca will lose. I hope they go bankrupt, company deserves it.
      😊👍

    • @thelinedrive
      @thelinedrive 3 года назад +1

      In fairness Barcelona could sustain those wage bills even in their current state longer than those clubs owned by oil countries since the demand for oil is going to decline significantly over the next decade with auto manufacturers moving towards eliminating the use of the combustion engine

    • @ordemeprogresso727
      @ordemeprogresso727 3 года назад +1

      @@thelinedrive
      They lost 1,5 billion this year, and I don't think Barcelona will still proceed much
      longer.
      Only the riches clubs takes the lead.
      Barcelona was poor in the beginning, they were never born rich, it,s not in there blood.

    • @thelinedrive
      @thelinedrive 3 года назад +1

      @@ordemeprogresso727 here’s the thing, bank’s don’t foreclose on large debts if the value of the company and future earnings potential means they have the ability pay off their debt. Or in the case of Barcelona the next 5 years at most. Hell if Barcelona just decided to list it’s self as a public company they would pay off their debt.

  • @tarkanbashllari1627
    @tarkanbashllari1627 3 года назад +76

    This should be sent as a message for the footballing world. If a club the size of FC Barcelona can go bankrupt, pretty much anyone can.

    • @dominikmanthei4546
      @dominikmanthei4546 3 года назад +37

      If they spent more than they have. Yea everyone can go bankrupt not that complicated of a concept

    • @seyakenkre8588
      @seyakenkre8588 3 года назад

      We e not going bankrupt, we generate too much revenue to do that

    • @shafrizalxavi8956
      @shafrizalxavi8956 3 года назад +3

      @@seyakenkre8588 your revenue is dropped a lot during this pandemic. All clubs actually.

    • @seyakenkre8588
      @seyakenkre8588 3 года назад +1

      @@shafrizalxavi8956 yes its still 600 mill, coz messi shirt sales bring in a lot, that was one good decision made by bartomeu, not letting messi leave

    • @shafrizalxavi8956
      @shafrizalxavi8956 3 года назад +6

      @@seyakenkre8588 is it really that much from Messi shirt sales? During this pandemic? A lot of people lost some or all of their income. I think buying football player shirt is the least that people want in this situation. Especially in third world country

  • @joegallagher9238
    @joegallagher9238 3 года назад +286

    My family the day my dad went to get the milk: where are they now ?

    • @jay.k2457
      @jay.k2457 3 года назад +6

      top comment

    • @bobwalters3747
      @bobwalters3747 3 года назад +3

      Saaaavage

    • @blackhokage1744
      @blackhokage1744 3 года назад +1

      ur dad was abducted by aliens 😪😪😪😔😔 he as been plotting his escape ever since

  • @CaptainCreampie69
    @CaptainCreampie69 3 года назад +70

    The answer is “no.” Standard situation of “too big to fail” situation. The government will bail them out. If anything they should be relegated as a penalty for not running a solvent business. Absurd. I’m so tired of teams being run at a net loss but not receiving any penalties. Removal from CL and a complete ban on transfers inbound so they quit spending money.

    • @redlightning2322
      @redlightning2322 3 года назад +4

      In theory this sounds good but also were still going through with the Camp Nou Renovation which is 600 million euros and then the squads wage bill. We'd still be down bad. This isn't like Juventus with cacipoli im not sure if we were sent down We'd jump back up. Most of the squad would leave. And even once fans come back, most of the casual fans wouldn't be filling the seats. It'd kill the club.

    • @Cyanova1312
      @Cyanova1312 3 года назад +16

      @@redlightning2322 I kind of hope so, from a long term practical perspective for football as a whole- financial superpower tourist clubs are completely destroying the sport.

    • @rachetmarvel931
      @rachetmarvel931 3 года назад +2

      You are ignorant.

    • @biblemaniswatchingyoumastu1920
      @biblemaniswatchingyoumastu1920 3 года назад +3

      @@rachetmarvel931 he said, failing to elaborate

    • @sheldwardo342
      @sheldwardo342 3 года назад

      @@Cyanova1312 Ok that’s taking it too far as no club should ever have to go bust

  • @collin8915
    @collin8915 3 года назад +26

    It's really unfortunate they will face little to no reprocussions for this, because it would actually be to the benefit of football as a whole in the future if this does cause a massive fallout for FCB. Then sweeping wholesale changes through all the top clubs.

  • @the_red_barron1002
    @the_red_barron1002 3 года назад +168

    Barca need to go back to bringing youth though their youth academy instead of paying huge transfers and and massive wages on flops

    • @dazzaMusic
      @dazzaMusic 3 года назад +15

      They will never get the amount of talent they got during the mid 2000s but three key players Xavi Iniesta and Busquets were diamonds I don’t see La masia replicating that trio for a lifetime.

    • @fran-yv1xc
      @fran-yv1xc 3 года назад +6

      @@dazzaMusic if they dont try then we wont know..

    • @dazzaMusic
      @dazzaMusic 3 года назад

      @@fran-yv1xc if they don’t try? La masia doesn’t guarantee world class players the best player to come through at the moment is Ansu Fati and he’s far from the talents that have came through

    • @oddcoyote2598
      @oddcoyote2598 3 года назад +14

      @@dazzaMusic Even if La Masia doesn't guarantee world class players, they do guarantee players that are still very good. Examples include Mauro Icardi, Hector Bellerin, Dani Olmo and Takefusa Kubo. By using players from La Masia and developing them to a high level, they will save a ton of money on transfers.

    • @dazzaMusic
      @dazzaMusic 3 года назад +1

      @@oddcoyote2598 thanks Sherlock I didn’t know that!

  • @jonotek
    @jonotek 3 года назад +155

    Barca finances are so bad, I spent so much time in FM 2020 trying to balance the books (took me till Messi retires)

    • @aldren707
      @aldren707 3 года назад +5

      I am trying to do the same 😂

    • @Eibarwoman
      @Eibarwoman 3 года назад +20

      Probably the two most difficult things with La Liga to do are balance the books of Barca and try to field anything above a 6th place Athletic Club with the Basque development rules which either require spot talent super young and hope it sticks or poach all the Basques in an unrealistic fashion from Sociedad without an intermediary. As in Eibar might be a third place, but the other two seem to be trickier.

    • @WildPork
      @WildPork 3 года назад +5

      2020 or 2021? I was Barcelona in 2020 and I don't recall seeing them in much debt. After 3 seasons I think I had like £600m in the bank or something, and because I was such a miser, the board bought Salah, Mbappe (and I'm sure there was another player) without my consent. I suppose I couldn't complain but it was hard to keep everyone happy.

    • @bernhardsonn8996
      @bernhardsonn8996 3 года назад

      😅

    • @jonotek
      @jonotek 3 года назад +4

      @@WildPork FM 20, it was 19/20 season. Yea at the start u have a healthy balance, but it depletes so fast, if you dont sell players it will be negative in two seasons... Messi's contract was so crazy...

  • @rubenbryson2047
    @rubenbryson2047 3 года назад +51

    Barcelona going bankrupt would be huge, people would have called you crazy if you suggested that 10 years ago...

    • @Liam-jy7yi
      @Liam-jy7yi 3 года назад +20

      Yeah well nobody was crazy enough to spend nearly 400M on 3 bang average players

    • @mmmcounts
      @mmmcounts 3 года назад +2

      If bankrupt means debt restructuring while still remaining fairly dominant, I would have said That's very plausible, even without a pandemic.
      If bankrupt means true financial insolvency and drastic measures that cause FCB to be relegated multiple times and possibly dissolve, I would have told you That's Crazy Talk and I will still tell you that. I'll tell you that right now, today.

    • @ongkhuongduy3498
      @ongkhuongduy3498 3 года назад +1

      They are never going to go bankrupt. They have several avenue to take: restructuring debt, selling Messi before July this year, scrapping the whole public club policy and sell to an investor.

  • @Dan-tw5qb
    @Dan-tw5qb 3 года назад +85

    An organisation being too big to fail has notably NEVER failed in the past...

    • @xAyad3
      @xAyad3 3 года назад +3

      AOL Online: 👀

    • @Liverpool-Thedirtyredteam
      @Liverpool-Thedirtyredteam 3 года назад +5

      I don't know where you've heard that saying from but it's absolute garbage everything falls eventually it will even happen to Barcelona as well one day. Could be 300 hundred years from now I don't know it will probably be a long time away but everything which rises must also fall how has human history not made that clear?

    • @Liverpool-Thedirtyredteam
      @Liverpool-Thedirtyredteam 3 года назад +2

      Which organisations are you referring to because I can not think of one. No organisation is too big to fail period

    • @Dan-tw5qb
      @Dan-tw5qb 3 года назад +8

      @@Liverpool-Thedirtyredteam I was making a joke about Goldman Sachs

    • @zhuohangliu3239
      @zhuohangliu3239 3 года назад

      @@Liverpool-Thedirtyredteam "Too big to fail" doesn't mean it can never fail. It's an economic term referring to the gigantic enterprises (especially banks) in modern capitalist economy. They occupy such an important level to keep the capitalist economy running, so when they fail, the system they are in may be severely damaged. As a result, those who benefit from this system (and hold most power) will actively help these institutions to prevent them from failing despite their incompetence. Therefore, this means something more like "too big to be allowed to fail".

  • @TheRausing1
    @TheRausing1 3 года назад +8

    This channel has become one of the best sources of good football journalism out there. It’s really impressive.

    • @joecoe4416
      @joecoe4416 3 года назад

      The way the narrator ends each sentence is kinda annoying.

  • @ryomawashere4032
    @ryomawashere4032 3 года назад +147

    Alternative title : How Bartomeu caused Barcelona into bankruptcy.

    • @timothynoak5967
      @timothynoak5967 3 года назад +7

      Pretty much

    • @K3-MM3
      @K3-MM3 3 года назад +6

      He already has a video called.
      'How Bartomeu ruined Barcelona'

    • @itsnotme6316
      @itsnotme6316 3 года назад

      covid rlly not batimeu even though he screwed up in tranferz

    • @TeoZMuff313
      @TeoZMuff313 3 года назад +4

      Every Barca fan still blaming Barto. Literally every fan blames Bato even tho all clubs fall from glory. Autismo Messi needs to leave the club

    • @ChristianDoretti
      @ChristianDoretti 3 года назад +5

      @@itsnotme6316 Bullshit. Barca still needs to pay for the signings of De Jong, Griezmann, Couthino and Malcom.

  • @nikhil796
    @nikhil796 3 года назад +285

    Day 1 : Juan Laporta's 7 worst decisions.

    • @sagartyagi7864
      @sagartyagi7864 3 года назад +48

      @Nikhil Bhatt he is running his agenda to be elected again in 2030 or something

    • @asnv9070
      @asnv9070 3 года назад +8

      Barto is everywhere 🤣

    • @hellfrost9516
      @hellfrost9516 3 года назад +10

      Fuck off dickhead

    • @fahimershad
      @fahimershad 3 года назад +11

      wtf someone call the police

    • @prometheustv6558
      @prometheustv6558 3 года назад +12

      Fuck off to Espanyol

  • @ishaandw
    @ishaandw 3 года назад +4

    One thing to note is that in his first stint in 2003 Laporta came to a Barcelona that had a massive financial debt crisis. History does repeat itself.

  • @andyeve8
    @andyeve8 3 года назад +52

    Fifa doesn't have the balls to punish them over their financial situation. Where as a lower tier club would have been hammered by now and closed with debts a fraction of that of Barca. It's a real shame. As they have a loyal fanbase who spend their hard earned money on supporting the team. All for them to clearly overspend. Where is the financial fair play rules now. Ohhh what. It doesn't count for teams like Barca, PSG & Man City. Who all got away with cheating the system. More punishment is require to level football for all.

    • @dominikmanthei4546
      @dominikmanthei4546 3 года назад +1

      Yep

    • @pajo103
      @pajo103 3 года назад +2

      Man citeh and psg should be expelled from the champions league

    • @AffectedArea
      @AffectedArea 3 года назад

      There will be no fairness until the so-called big clubs are stopped from running football for their own benefit.

  • @leo130202
    @leo130202 3 года назад +5

    Great video Alfie, really enjoyed it!

  • @OriginalNoseBleed
    @OriginalNoseBleed 3 года назад +12

    The amount of transfer money barca owe to clubs is shocking

  • @asj2937
    @asj2937 3 года назад +4

    Vidoe idea : why most current and ex managers were midfielders in their playing days ? Pirlo , Xavi , Arteta , lamps , Gerrard , Zidane , Simone ,etc

  • @wolfmauler
    @wolfmauler 3 года назад +30

    Episode idea; The top scorers that only spent one season in the 1st Division or the Prem 😏 That is, the best performances in the only season a particular player was in the Top Flight.

    • @TeeMeeGoSoloMid
      @TeeMeeGoSoloMid 3 года назад +1

      Christian Vieri 1997-98 At.Madrid 24 games 24 goals (la liga) comes to mind

    • @TeeMeeGoSoloMid
      @TeeMeeGoSoloMid 3 года назад +1

      And Hasselbaink 1999-2000 season with At. Madrid 24 goals in 34 games (la liga)

    • @iggy1612
      @iggy1612 3 года назад

      Gustav Ludwigsson

    • @elliotcoffman2643
      @elliotcoffman2643 3 года назад +1

      Are we counting loans? Because if not jovial at frankfurt. Because he was technically signed in 18/19 but then sold a couple moths later

    • @elliotcoffman2643
      @elliotcoffman2643 3 года назад +1

      Negredo at city. Batsuayi at dortmund even though it was only 6 months.

  • @drvijil
    @drvijil 3 года назад +1

    Great post breaking down Barca's finances, especially their staggering wage bill. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm used to the lavish spending accusations, but Madrid's spending is somewhat modest in comparison to other clubs. I think Barca's biggest mistake happened after the sale of Neymar. Dembele & Coutinho were rash, panic induced, very overpriced impulse buys. While Griezmann is a great player, his contract it staggering. We'll see how the Barca saga unfolds.

  • @selarone
    @selarone 3 года назад +47

    Day 1: 7 Most disapointing arsenal transfers

    • @dimitrisqwerty
      @dimitrisqwerty 3 года назад +48

      How can you narrow it down to 7

    • @nikhil796
      @nikhil796 3 года назад +1

      Its complicated

    • @lcdtyler1745
      @lcdtyler1745 3 года назад +3

      @@dimitrisqwerty 🤣🤣🤣 poor arsenal

    • @Shadow-bk9if
      @Shadow-bk9if 3 года назад +3

      @@dimitrisqwerty 😭

    • @selarone
      @selarone 3 года назад +4

      @@dimitrisqwerty Idk man im an arsenal fan and I think the whole list should just be Yaya Sonogo

  • @bigsamthescrapman6995
    @bigsamthescrapman6995 3 года назад +17

    Weren’t they in a similar position before their current run of successful, big money signings lining many people’s pockets, talk of relegation. Then Ronaldinho signed.

    • @kevinjogoo8730
      @kevinjogoo8730 3 года назад +3

      One issue with your argument. La Masia. Ronaldinho’s signing happened to occur a year before a certain Lionel Messi graduated from the academy. With a peak Xavi and young Iniesta to boot

    • @exoe.8324
      @exoe.8324 3 года назад +1

      @@kevinjogoo8730 There's a similar situation now. There's a rebuilding process going with Fati, Pedri, Puig, De jong to lead the helm

    • @gwenwalravens8030
      @gwenwalravens8030 3 года назад

      @@exoe.8324 Strikers are the problem at Barca right now. If Dembele and Griezmann finished half of their attempts at goal, Barca might still be in the CL.

    • @exoe.8324
      @exoe.8324 3 года назад

      @@gwenwalravens8030 I agree. I wouldn't mind selling Griezmann, Coutinho, and Pjanic to finance somebody like Haaland.
      Dembele is a maybe cause we never really bought him to be a finisher. We bought him to create chances which he does. He just needs a striker to finish them off like what Aubameyang did back in Dortmund

    • @andrewschoucair5872
      @andrewschoucair5872 3 года назад +1

      @@exoe.8324 the problem is, fati is still injured, and at this age it could be bad mentally, and koeman doesn t want to play puîg

  • @shredmaster2000
    @shredmaster2000 3 года назад +2

    This is a really informative video, it will be interesting to see what Laporta does since he was so vague about his plan for dealing with the financial crisis.

  • @AdneGamst
    @AdneGamst 3 года назад +4

    Were like The Titanic, were so big that no one expect us to fall, but nothing is impossible.

  • @decayingSineWave
    @decayingSineWave 3 года назад +165

    create a Gofundme and the fans will cover those debts lol

    • @chickneoyoy
      @chickneoyoy 3 года назад +16

      I think Barca would get so much hate

    • @1908augusto
      @1908augusto 3 года назад +41

      @@chickneoyoy rightfully

    • @alfonsohr02
      @alfonsohr02 3 года назад +20

      Surprised no one has tried to scam people with that

    • @Dr.HaroldShipman
      @Dr.HaroldShipman 3 года назад +2

      Doubt it would happen considering there debt is greater than €1bn

    • @prayaaskochhar8783
      @prayaaskochhar8783 3 года назад +7

      @@darrenobrien1546 Don't wanna see Messi striptease in front of Pique 😂 😂 😂

  • @nickmuratori3922
    @nickmuratori3922 3 года назад +10

    I can’t wait for Bartomeu’s statue outside the Bernabeu

    • @blackhokage1744
      @blackhokage1744 3 года назад

      how do u mean

    • @jaspergood2091
      @jaspergood2091 3 года назад +1

      Lmao

    • @kolerick
      @kolerick 3 года назад

      need to use your over ripe tomatoes?

    • @blackhokage1744
      @blackhokage1744 3 года назад

      @@kolerick how do u mean

    • @kolerick
      @kolerick 3 года назад +1

      @@blackhokage1744 a statue strategically placed where enraged fans can throw ripe tomatoes?

  • @notallpolitical
    @notallpolitical 3 года назад +13

    They only kept increasing revenue because they kept making world record signings, no signings no new revenue, when Messi leaves, loss of revenue, when Barca cant spend any money due to debt no quality players are coming in, they fall down in the league and again loss of revenue, your seeing peak Barcelona right now, its only downhill from here.

  • @razvanmazilu6284
    @razvanmazilu6284 3 года назад +2

    The best thing that could happen to European football would be for some of these super rich and yet super in debt clubs to go bankrupt. Maybe then we'd see some sweeping changes in the way football is run in Europe (for the fans, not for the wallets) and we might actually see some actual financial fair play instead of clubs being either bankrolled by shady 'investors' or through outlandish loans.

  • @damerapsang5322
    @damerapsang5322 3 года назад +1

    When I watch video's of FC Barcelona on RUclips and an ad shows up I always make sure to click on the link to help them with the bankruptcy

  • @adhamyoussef5763
    @adhamyoussef5763 3 года назад +72

    Day 39: Documentary about the rivalry between Zamalek and Al Ahly.

  • @glennaldosf
    @glennaldosf 3 года назад +15

    Maybe Barcelona just need to borrow some money from somewhere.... these Barcelonars need to find a Barca-loaner?

    • @horbes
      @horbes 3 года назад

      Get out! xD

  • @nithinsrivatsa4726
    @nithinsrivatsa4726 3 года назад +2

    Who is Real's biggest legend? It was always a big debate. Ronaldo? Cr7? Raul? Ramos? Zidane?
    We now know the answer. It's Barto. The greatest double agent in football history. You cannot destroy a club this much without doing it on purpose. He even went to jail for his true team. What a legend

  • @justkick98
    @justkick98 3 года назад +22

    Day 9: Best XI TO Test Positive for Covid 19
    Day 2: EPL London Clubs Combined XI

  • @thewelshrocker101
    @thewelshrocker101 3 года назад +2

    Hey, could you do a video(s) explaining the history of some of the biggest football rivalries? Like River Plate/Boca Juniors, Celtic/Rangers, Milan Derby etc

  • @WastedxSkillz
    @WastedxSkillz 3 года назад +20

    Day 1: Swansea City 12/13 team that lifted the League Cup: Where are they now?

    • @alexa5675
      @alexa5675 3 года назад +2

      Swear they've already done this before 🙂

    • @rotanapina
      @rotanapina 3 года назад

      @@alexa5675 yeah you're right, it's been done already

    • @WastedxSkillz
      @WastedxSkillz 3 года назад +1

      @@alexa5675 fair enough, I just thought of it on the spot, but I guess it’s already been done 😅

    • @alexa5675
      @alexa5675 3 года назад +1

      @@WastedxSkillz it's a popular channel, just you'll be surprised how often people double up opinions.

  • @TheViolatorWOOO
    @TheViolatorWOOO 3 года назад +1

    The day Messi leaves this club will cripple them. This football team is about to enter a very dark period and it's such a sad thing to see considering just how dominant they've been.

  • @Kikorilko
    @Kikorilko 3 года назад +1

    I see more and more terms spending a lot with players and I always thought that this could be a problem to a lot of big clubs in the future. Hopefully, nothing will happen to Barça, but if it does, I hope that turns on the yellow light to all the clubs in the world.

  • @SibisBlog
    @SibisBlog 3 года назад +3

    You should do a documentary style video on how Rangers went from bankrupt to champions!

  • @chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266
    @chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266 3 года назад +1

    It'll be interesting to see how Barcelona turn it around.
    Also, day 53 for world XI using only players who currently don't play in Europe's big 5 leagues. (Players out on loan are eligible for this XI).

  • @alexcore697
    @alexcore697 3 года назад +1

    What kind football players take that kind of money??That is beyond madness,These players should be ashamed

  • @minnumseerrund
    @minnumseerrund 3 года назад +1

    Here's a challenging video: Barcelona's Last 7 Succesful Signings - as in, 7 signings that have lived up to or exceeded expectations as related to transfer fee

  • @Frosty1979
    @Frosty1979 3 года назад +10

    Barcelona is like the polar opposite to how Bayern is run financially. Which is a bit weird given how similar they are from their basic setup otherwise.

    • @pack2500
      @pack2500 3 года назад

      I heard Bayern paid back the loan they took out to build the stadium like 10 years early.

    • @zirbto5749
      @zirbto5749 3 года назад +1

      I don't see any way they are similar in their basic setup. Even in 2008/09 barca spend 100 million bayern didn't spend that much.

    • @Frosty1979
      @Frosty1979 3 года назад +1

      @@pack2500 Yeah, also their general policy, at least since Hoeness took over 40 something years ago, is to just spend money you have. Quite unique in that regard compared to all other top European clubs.

  • @asj2937
    @asj2937 3 года назад

    I watch all your videos man , amazing work

  • @StuFlyboyReay
    @StuFlyboyReay 3 года назад +2

    Barcelona deserve to face the consequences of their actions, they have blown through disgusting amounts of money. Then they threaten to break away to save themselves.
    I hope this debt bites them hard

  • @robertbrice9014
    @robertbrice9014 3 года назад +8

    A video on how Rangers and Celtic would do in the English football leagues pls

    • @ga7889
      @ga7889 3 года назад +1

      20th

    • @federicobacano6050
      @federicobacano6050 3 года назад +2

      If they where in the premier they would probably have more money so they could get a better team.

    • @ChangeBegins9661
      @ChangeBegins9661 3 года назад +1

      @@federicobacano6050 if my mum had a penis she'd be my dad

    • @pjw6273
      @pjw6273 3 года назад +3

      Based on this season Rangers would be 7th-10th and Celtic 12th-15th in the PL imo. After 5 years both would be established top 8 clubs. Both clubs already have the infrastructure, facilities, fan-generated revenue, “big club status” + by far the best atmospheres in the U.K. so when you throw in >£100 million extra in TV money we’d be competing near the top

    • @ChangeBegins9661
      @ChangeBegins9661 3 года назад

      @@pjw6273 put the crack pipe down Paul

  • @francoisg3500
    @francoisg3500 3 года назад +9

    I was literally thinking about this topic ever since I saw an article in The Financial Times on there current predicament.

  • @politisdimitrios2307
    @politisdimitrios2307 3 года назад

    Very nice video. I am surprised that haven't been to a university. Care to give us more about your background, or if you already have a video regarding that? I have studied finance and I can say your analysis is always really good.

  • @RomanShepherd
    @RomanShepherd 3 года назад +2

    The economics of Barcelona and Man Utd are a lot like that of governments. It doesnt really matter how much long term debt they rack up because they will always be able to generate enough revenue to cover the payments.

    • @nip6417
      @nip6417 3 года назад +1

      Revenue means nothing. The EBITDA (in this case less the stadium capex) ist the number to look at, and here that is a serious issue. Cashflow available for debt service is non-existent. They need to seriously restructure, otherwise banks and particularly the hedge funds that bought in, will enforce. Bye bye Barca

  • @jayanths1221
    @jayanths1221 3 года назад +8

    Finally, someone who understands that selling Messi would have been a catastrophic decision for Barça. I'll go out on a limb here and say half of Barça's fan base support the club because of Messi. And it is because of Messi that Barça are somewhat able to compete for the La Liga and CL title. Sure, the overall debt may reduce with Messi's sale and what then? They'll still be left with massive debt and without the biggest generator of revenue for the club. With Messi gone, La Liga's TV rating will inevitably drop and that would mean less money in broadcasting revenue, less money in from merchandise and other brand deals. There's a reason Bartomeu pulled every scummy move in the book in order to keep Messi at the club. The guy maybe a corrupt bastard, but he's not an idiot.

    • @ohgin12345
      @ohgin12345 3 года назад +1

      How do you know that keeping messi is a positive in accounting

    • @danielpinks9205
      @danielpinks9205 3 года назад +1

      And what then happens when Messi retires?

    • @ohgin12345
      @ohgin12345 3 года назад +1

      @@danielpinks9205 Exactly. There's a price for everyone even ronaldo.

    • @shp27493
      @shp27493 3 года назад

      He could have tried keeping Messi in the club by simply being good with transfers and not destroying the club. But no, he has to keep Messi in jail.

  • @arzhi_azis
    @arzhi_azis 3 года назад +20

    Day 23: "South Korea XI who beat Germany 2-0 in FIFA World Cup 2018: Where are they now?"

    • @lcdtyler1745
      @lcdtyler1745 3 года назад +6

      It was only 2 years ago so I wouldn’t say much changed

    • @WastedxSkillz
      @WastedxSkillz 3 года назад +1

      I like this but it’s fairly recent, he could do that in the future. You could do Swansea team that lifted the League cup instead

    • @dictionarydaz6424
      @dictionarydaz6424 3 года назад +4

      Chelsea's first 11 under Thomas Tuchal where are they now

  • @RudolfRadler
    @RudolfRadler 3 года назад +1

    900k a week... That's not even what some top CEO's in Switzerland make in a year

  • @lalitthapa101
    @lalitthapa101 3 года назад +3

    Day 49--> What are "Anti football" tactics and do they exist?

    • @Zazzaro703
      @Zazzaro703 3 года назад

      Yes, we saw Spain employ those tactics from 2008-2012.

  • @celestinotannous2767
    @celestinotannous2767 3 года назад +2

    Who is here after messi was forced to leave barca?💔

  • @thejungwookim
    @thejungwookim 3 года назад +7

    Day 86 of Top 7 Best Managers Outside the "Big Five" European Leagues

  • @JamailvanWestering
    @JamailvanWestering 3 года назад +20

    Yeah a lot of those part of the fanbase are also a bunch of delusional idiots that given the current situation Xavi would be way in over his head. Koeman has gone through a couple of times. Xavi started in a league in the middle of nowhere. The guy isn’t even ready for the job

    • @kevinjogoo8730
      @kevinjogoo8730 3 года назад +1

      Agree. Hiring someone based off their history with the club and nothing more is a very bad idea. Look at what happened with Lampard and what is happening with Pirlo.

    • @JamailvanWestering
      @JamailvanWestering 3 года назад +1

      @@kevinjogoo8730 the big difference is Lampard had proven himself at DC what needed to happen was that they needed to sell a lot of players and think about their squad composition. Like several of the old guard shouldn’t even be there anymore
      Like Chelsea doesn’t.have a clear plan in place honestly Lampard in first season didn’t do that badly especially with him focusing more on te youth players and I think for the long haul that is far more sustainable than buying players.
      I don’t really blame Pirlo for this mess because unlike a lot of other trainers of his generation I can see where he wants to move his squad.to and the style he wants to play them in, the problem there is for a Juventus side that’s an entire culture shift that doesn’t happen overnight

    • @kevinjogoo8730
      @kevinjogoo8730 3 года назад

      @@JamailvanWestering Teams like Chelsea and Juventus demand overnight success. And Lampard was in charge of DC who were already in the promotion hunt before he came around and won nothing.
      Compare Lampard to Gerrard. One has no job and one just won the league. One rushed into a job and one is proving themselves, developing skills needed to actually manage a team
      And Pirlo has proven nothing. Hiring a manager based solely on their contribution to the club as a player is a recipe for disaster

    • @JamailvanWestering
      @JamailvanWestering 3 года назад

      @@kevinjogoo8730 except it’s not.. Guardiola did it before, second I doubt the team of Juventus will ask for that succes straight outta the gate
      Second is you might wanna lower those expectations given that Rangers is pretty much on par with working with a subpar in the Dutch league, it’s not a really a high standard

  • @bakulshah4367
    @bakulshah4367 3 года назад +7

    Day 13: Most shocking/surprising FA cup winners. By that I mean, the most surprising team that went onto win the entire tournament.

    • @golgotha3938
      @golgotha3938 3 года назад +1

      Portsmouth and Wigan would be on that list.

    • @bakulshah4367
      @bakulshah4367 3 года назад +1

      @@golgotha3938 As should Coventry and Wimbledon.

    • @labeeb7735
      @labeeb7735 3 года назад

      @@bakulshah4367 and Tottenham, who won while in non-league

  • @proclubsclips3654
    @proclubsclips3654 3 года назад +3

    Video idea, 1898 Bulgarian 18 division winners, Where are they now?

  • @nickwilliams1065
    @nickwilliams1065 3 года назад

    Unfortunately not, which is a real shame as lessons need to be learned by most clubs about the obscene salaries paid to lure players in, Barca being one of the worst for it, unsettling players at rival clubs with talk of interest and big money deals. They should not be able to talk to any player who has penned a contract until that contract has ended, this should be the same for every club. It would help stop players acting like spoiled kids in order to manufacture a move for big bucks, or force the club they are with into offering to pay them more money just to keep them. A contract is a worthless bit of paper these days as so many get out clauses, or the sheer fact the player just wants a move because he's been taken off, not played or maybe his shirt was creased??

  • @LoonaVanza
    @LoonaVanza 3 года назад +1

    All time Premier League 11 vs All time La Liga 11
    And same could be done for other Leagues
    SeriesA, League1 and Bundisliga
    As a Series and ranking which league comes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th in historic 11s or rather in your case 7s

  • @fresaconnata11
    @fresaconnata11 3 года назад +17

    This hurts so much. My city and club are hurting, we will be back.

    • @carltonleboss
      @carltonleboss 3 года назад +2

      Forca Barca

    • @TeoZMuff313
      @TeoZMuff313 3 года назад +2

      Come support Madrid for a change.

    • @fargo1234
      @fargo1234 3 года назад +2

      @@TeoZMuff313 never

    • @spooked2104
      @spooked2104 3 года назад

      @@TeoZMuff313 you are in 900million debt lmao???

    • @Gr1m3d4wg
      @Gr1m3d4wg 3 года назад +1

      At least you can go to coffee shops

  • @19822andy
    @19822andy 3 года назад +3

    When you pay one player more than an entire squad of top flight players you're not going to be financially viable for long.

    • @mixmixture7049
      @mixmixture7049 3 года назад

      They just pay half to messi 😆, and he'll be gone to France now. Football nowdays is not competitive anymore 🤣.

  • @mohamednawaz3751
    @mohamednawaz3751 3 года назад

    So in simplistic word, it is the wage bill and business model. Even other clubs have hit on commercial revenue due to pandemic and big money transfers happen at almost all big clubs. I never knew Griezmann would be earning 900k a week and Messi with 2.5M a week.

  • @mikeorgan1993
    @mikeorgan1993 3 года назад

    This was made in Mar and yesterday the new board came out and admitted the wage bill is not 60% but its 113% of revenue and also there total debt is over 1 billion. they are looking to lend over 500 million which now looks like it will be very short term at best or not raised at worse. THERE IS A VERY IMMEDIATE CHANCE THAT THERE WILL BE NO BARCELONA FOOTBALL TEAM COME THE END OF THIS YEAR.

  • @Unusedaccount133
    @Unusedaccount133 3 года назад +25

    Day 2 of asking for a 1 hour analysis of Tomas Soucek

    • @jamesfree69
      @jamesfree69 3 года назад

      An hour?? XD

    • @seadkolasinac7220
      @seadkolasinac7220 3 года назад

      Wouldn’t that be more on a tactics channel? Idk this one feels more about stuff off the pitch

    • @raghallaighj
      @raghallaighj 3 года назад

      @@seadkolasinac7220 but Soucek is worth it

    • @claivy9579
      @claivy9579 3 года назад

      @@raghallaighj so many players would be worth it more

    • @raghallaighj
      @raghallaighj 3 года назад

      @@claivy9579 but I just love Soucek lol

  • @alphatango831
    @alphatango831 3 года назад

    watching this, 500 meters away from Camp Nou. Messi will never leave the club!

  • @christianround2774
    @christianround2774 3 года назад +3

    I’ll keep asking: a best XI of premier league title winners from the last 11 seasons but you can only pick one player per team

  • @freemantle85
    @freemantle85 3 года назад +1

    A couple of video ideas:
    - Flanders XI
    - Wallonia XI

  • @Jonathan2342
    @Jonathan2342 3 года назад

    You can term out the debt and, given their marketability, they probably will and wont have trouble finding lenders. Regarding transfers, i doubt you are going to see many transfers over 50 million right now because all european clubs are largely in the same boat. The positive is if Laporte revamps La Masia like he probably will, they will be selling and wont need to make many transfers.

  • @carringtonndhlovu6145
    @carringtonndhlovu6145 3 года назад +2

    Guy at the back:"Messi will save them financially"

  • @madMARTYNmarsh1981
    @madMARTYNmarsh1981 3 года назад

    I have a friend who works for Barclays Bank. He said that Barca were allowed to accrue debt based on their earnings projections rather than past earnings which I'm told is an extremely unusual move. So Barca's debt problems are worse than people know and will probably get worse because you cannot make up that lost revenue but the debt stills gains interest. Barca's position will get worse and worse as Covid-19 continues, investors/sponsors will be less likely to pay the high costs they have been because of the instability of the industry.

  • @thejamesonthestreet
    @thejamesonthestreet 3 года назад

    Barcelona's talents from la masia are indeed gifted, but the problem is whether they can use them or not, which is down to the manager.
    We can expect that Barca will sell a lot of senior team players, mostly deadwood who eaten up wages bill like Umtiti, Firpo, etc

  • @warkito
    @warkito 3 года назад

    amazing video, thanks

  • @GeorgeProwse
    @GeorgeProwse 3 года назад

    You forget that clubs don't actually get the money from players shirts. The shirt maker (Adidas/Nike) gets that money as it's part of the huge deal that they sign. Clubs are lucky to get 10%

  • @lathat7124
    @lathat7124 3 года назад +1

    Please do a video on the possible outcomes for all the teams at the Qatar 2022 worldcup..

  • @TSVFortuna1895
    @TSVFortuna1895 3 года назад +4

    Day 29: Teams with the most draws in one season

  • @liamocallaghan6231
    @liamocallaghan6231 3 года назад +18

    tier list every premier league title defence

  • @tomsmith5584
    @tomsmith5584 Год назад

    It's two years in the future and while they lost Messi to PSG for nothing and have failed to advance out of the group stage in the UCL the last two years, they're doing all right in La Liga cruising to a win this year.

  • @TheBenchPressMan
    @TheBenchPressMan 3 года назад

    They will be able to roll it in short term money markets, it will cost them but their free cash flow is probably enough to faciliatate this process.

  • @RexBasiliscus
    @RexBasiliscus 3 года назад +1

    Please do Real Madrid's financial and sporting status since Ronaldo left and in the near future.

  • @3dsaulgoodman43
    @3dsaulgoodman43 3 года назад +3

    I've always been wondering whether Barca going bankrupt would be a problem, so thanks Alfie for making this video. I've not watched it fully but I know it'll be great.

    • @cariopuppetmaster
      @cariopuppetmaster 3 года назад +3

      i hope so a barbaric sports ball team is being ruined

    • @straightedgechannel584
      @straightedgechannel584 3 года назад

      Soy sauce

    • @3dsaulgoodman43
      @3dsaulgoodman43 3 года назад

      @@straightedgechannel584 It's pretty popular in the Malaysian state that I'm from, so thanks. I use soy sauce for everything.

    • @straightedgechannel584
      @straightedgechannel584 3 года назад

      @@3dsaulgoodman43 whatever, soy sauce

  • @osamasharif2131
    @osamasharif2131 3 года назад +1

    Can you also cover real madrid's financial situation?

  • @DomenBremecXCVI
    @DomenBremecXCVI 3 года назад

    An idea (day 1): First XI of active La Masia graduates with less than 100 caps playing outside of Barcelona.
    Alcantara cousins come to mind (apparently Thiago has exactly 100 appearances, while Raphina has 90).

  • @kayawhite6672
    @kayawhite6672 3 года назад +6

    Day 2: The rise and fall of Deportivo La Coruña

  • @partsparts2655
    @partsparts2655 3 года назад

    A common thread amongst all great bankruptcies be it banking, entertainment, industry or sport is the belief the entity was too big to fail.

  • @branthall1787
    @branthall1787 3 года назад +17

    Rangers team from the first match played in the third tier; where are they now?

    • @MelonGearSolid
      @MelonGearSolid 3 года назад

      I'm pretty sure either the Sun or the Record had an article up in the last week with this. Quite an interesting read. Brought up memories of Fran Sandaza haha

    • @OriginalNoseBleed
      @OriginalNoseBleed 3 года назад

      Farmers league tho

    • @spooked2104
      @spooked2104 3 года назад

      @@OriginalNoseBleed
      Bundesliga is a farmers league...
      And Bayern Won the sextuple....

    • @branthall1787
      @branthall1787 3 года назад +1

      @@OriginalNoseBleed Literally irrelevant to the comment you nonce

    • @fireboltninja29
      @fireboltninja29 3 года назад

      @@MelonGearSolid aint reading the s*n fuck that

  • @mijobrnjic89
    @mijobrnjic89 3 года назад

    bro just wanted to let you know that durring this vid i had 9 adds. not sure if that is by ur choice or youtube targeted you. geat video, enj......while typing this, at 20:30 timestamp add number 10 appeared. Great job. cheers

  • @treehugger8021
    @treehugger8021 3 года назад +1

    can you make a sevens about players with non traditional shirt numbers?

  • @maelillusionesta9919
    @maelillusionesta9919 3 года назад

    Great video!

  • @Clevable
    @Clevable 3 года назад

    @HITC Sevens by what metric is Messi the best player on the planet?

  • @tatianastoltz162
    @tatianastoltz162 3 года назад +1

    Video Idea: 7 players who are eligible to play for 3 or more nations

  • @HufflepuffDaddy
    @HufflepuffDaddy 3 года назад +1

    I haven't done all the maths but it seems like all the money Messi brings in over the years just goes to paying off his massive salary and isn't really profit for Barca, they just barely break even dealing with one player. And when u add in the expensive Countinho, Dembele and Griezman signings yeah, it would seem like they would be in massive debt.

  • @cormacdonnelly5015
    @cormacdonnelly5015 3 года назад +6

    The point on selling Messi couldn't be more off base. I agree with most of what you say but this is asinine. Barca would have still gone out of the ucl in the same round and had a similar (maybe 2 places or so lower) in la liga. It also would have pushed for youthful change sooner and would have freed up so much funds. Nothing has been won, there was no point in keeping Messi

    • @SK-kh2rs
      @SK-kh2rs 3 года назад +1

      Messi adds funds. Barca revenue goin to drop massively when he leaves

    • @deeztacos6336
      @deeztacos6336 3 года назад +1

      They should've sold him off for a high fee when they had the chance. Should've taken that money and invest into la masia and rebuild the team for the future instead of getting finessed with lousy transfers.

  • @andrealmeida852
    @andrealmeida852 3 года назад +1

    Day 14: 7 best international tournaments ever in your opinion (world cup,euro,etc.)

  • @Rydonittelo
    @Rydonittelo 3 года назад

    Would be interesting to see how Spanish football would deal with such a situation. Would it be a case of helping as much as possible because of what they bring to Spanish football or would it be a pile on like what happened with Rangers, where a mixture of spiteful hatred and Man utd syndrome had all others in Scotland prepared for the Scottish game to drop even further and damage themselves in pursuit of punishing Rangers? Would interesting to see

  • @joelthorpe4170
    @joelthorpe4170 3 года назад +1

    Day 7 - The Biggest transfers of EVERY summer transfer window of the Premier League Era, Where are they now?

  • @casadelosotte
    @casadelosotte 3 года назад

    As an economist I still do not understand why banks are looking at revenue, instead of operational profits. They look at growth and leverage through interest costs. A strategy that has too many flaws, any economist can tell! It should also not be allowed by the UEFA, because Barcelona (and some other teams) are buying players with money they can never pay! This is unfair competition and roaming off the income of other teams, making it harder to let those grow! It is time to stop this situation. Ban those unfair teams and let them first pay back their debts to maximum one year of their operational profit. That means about 1.3 billion euros in the case of Barcelona! They will be out of the picture for a very long time! And that is how it should be!

  • @zak.886
    @zak.886 3 года назад

    do a video on the best players to have played with both messi and ronaldo and if possible a best XI of players to have played with bith Messi and Ronaldo.

  • @ScarredCore1
    @ScarredCore1 3 года назад +1

    I suppose, they shouldn't have given that much money to the ref before that PSG game.