Barcelona’s financial issues are well-documented at this point, but it has now become such a prevalent narrative that even the biggest footballers in the world are starting to have some fun with it.
Currently Barcelona are in excess of their salary limit, and can only recruit players with 50% of the funds they make from sales or from cuts they make. It has stunted their transfer business thus far, and will have a major impact on their business again.
According to Jose Alvarez, speaking on El Chiringuito, it’s also the first thing that comes to mind for Erling Haaland. The Manchester City star, like Alvarez, was in attendance at Aymeric Laporte’s wedding recently, and spoke to Alvarez about the comical show. Alvarez recounts Haaland’s brief thoughts on it.