Lautaro? Barca must recover 69 million in less than a month

A lot has been spoken about signing Lautaro, even about not giving up completely on the dream of Neymar, and the great reality at Barca at the moment, as 'AS' remembers, is that with 23 days until 30th June, they are still far from fulfilling the budget of sales that had been set. 

The need was 124 million, the result of an ambitious budget of 1.047 billion for the season. To date, only 55 million has been paid back, leaving 69 million in 27 days to balance the accounts. Sounds like a miracle. 

The total amount of sales achieved amounts to 80.5 million, but not the amortizations since the players who have left, like Malcolm, Andre Gomes, Marquis, or Carles Perez were not in the squad for long.

What happens now? That it will be difficult for Barca to comply with what was agreed in the Assembly. It will not have serious consequences but will reduce the margins of action for the next campaign. Just when the signing of Lautaro Martinez requires a great financial effort.

The board hope that players such as Rafinha and Cucurella leave a dividend, but the coronavirus crisis won't help either, the sums in the market will be less.

Hence the importance of the swap between Pjanic and Arthur, since the capital gain from the deal, some 60 million, would make it possible to correct this budgetary deviation.