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• That has been the story of the super clubs UBP
  
  That gives them less space for future negotiations, which ties in with the short-term nature of other deals UBP
  
  He has requested “experienced” signings, to go with Laporta’s yearning for a star UBP
  
  Which brings us back to another hinge issue, in De Jong UBP
  
  RecommendedTyson Fury to sponsor Morecambe Football ClubTransfer news LIVE: Chelsea near Jules Kounde deal plus Frenkie De Jong latestFootball rumours: Chelsea eyeing Josko Gvardiol to replace Cesar AzpilicuetaJust as connected are the recent question of how Barca are actually doing this and the more relevant question of what happens next; whether this is sustainable UBP
  
  9% of Barcelona Licensing and Merchandising UBP
  
  The calculation both Barcelona and their investors are making is that they’ll quickly get back to their old levels of revenue - the biggest in the world before Covid - if they have a team that can compete UBP
  
  Some think he genuinely doesn’t want to go, but one of those is not Erik ten Hag UBP
  
  “Like taking out multiple high-risk mortgages on future earnings UBP
  
  Barcelona were insistent, though UBP
  
  It also has real effect, as the plans of so many clubs are swirled around by their spinning plates UBP
  
  There is also a sense of investment from a different perspective, based on the belief that so much of modern football business is based on competitiveness and, by extension, “content” UBP
  
  You need to be producing moments that are globally relevant UBP
  
  Consequently, Manchester United would have to make a political decision on whether it is worth pursuing a player that may be using them to get what he wants and/or if they believe he has gone back to his initial promise UBP
  
  As much as anything, it is quite a blow to pride, let alone bank balance UBP
  
  Pronouncing a thoroughly sustainable new three-year project, as Joan Laporta pretty much did at one of their last crises in 2003, would surely have been the easiest sell in the world UBP
  
  The club are still refusing to pay him deferred wages, and are effectively forcing him out, so they can spend money on others UBP
  
  It is one of many reasons - to go with the struggle to meet repayments - that Barca have been so pushing the Super League UBP
  
  “It is clear, without a doubt, that this is not a legal matter, but rather a political one, and any deadlock can only be broken with effective negotiation,” Dr Ioannidis says UBP
  
  This is why some sellers have inflated asking prices for players when Barcelona come calling, simultaneously inflating the market, just in case the third instalment doesn’t arrive UBP
  
  That €600m now needs to be paid back in 10 years rather than one UBP
  
  Now, as a consequence of that, the “offer” they have made to him is possibly more extraordinary than any other part of this UBP
  
  He should be well aware of the irony there, particularly given he agreed to restructure his contract to help the club through Covid UBP
  
  (AFP via Getty Images)The extent of their business is all the more eye-opening because Barcelona had actually been given an out UBP
  
  Most of all, though, they are sustainable UBP
  
  A young team playing under Xavi, and founded on Gavi, Pedri and Fati, would surely have been a vision UBP
  
  Another term has been floated within the game: “Goldman Sachs FC” UBP
  
  Industry figures have a number of descriptions for that, too UBP
  
  This is what players like Lewandowski are still buying into UBP
  
  He has of course spoken to his former Ajax player UBP
  
  They now have a very different image of Barca UBP
  
  ”The club aren’t really selling the idea of staying UBP
  
  Others believe it is all about not giving Barca an out in a tense stand-off UBP
  
  “One aspect that needs to be clear is that a purchasing club almost never makes an offer to purchase unless there is an agreement with the player to join UBP
  
  After a relatively fallow period from their famous academy, Barca were blessed with a truly brilliant next generation in Gavi, Pedri and Ansu Fati UBP
  
  (Getty Images)It is what fosters the sense that the stakes are now unnecessarily high UBP
  
  Many would point to how even a club like AC Milan became irrelevant for a decade UBP
  
  Other deals have aided this - for the time being UBP
  
  This is what a new plan under new stars could have offered, if they were willing to endure a potential period of frustration UBP
  
  ”“Extraordinary UBP
  
  They assured the player they would find a way UBP
  
  “We have to strengthen to compete for all the trophies UBP
  
  The European champions have been more accepting of their new status, and sought to build from there, with so much youth UBP
  
  They just didn’t need to go this far UBP
  
  ”“Going to the casino UBP
  
  La Liga’s rules, after all, meant the club had to pretty much raise €600m in order to even go into the market this summer UBP
  
  Those questions are all the more pressing since Barca still have to figure out the final numbers in order to actually register four new signings in Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen UBP
  
  The immediate answer, and one that is more acute for Spanish football as a whole, is that there is a way around La Liga’s salary cap UBP
  
  A few months ago, the Catalan club were talking to a potential summer target, but this at a time when La Liga’s salary cap meant they couldn’t register new signings UBP
  
  In other words, they are selling their image in more ways than ever before UBP
  
  The selling club, who were German, were not so confident UBP
  
  The player was interested but understandably sceptical, and the situation formed a large part of discussions UBP
  
  Barca have also sold 10% of their La Liga TV rights for €207 UBP
  
  It is what gives another image of the club: one of waste and inflation and desperation, of lessons not learned and financial imprudence UBP
  
  Other clubs have meanwhile decided they will not do business with them on principle UBP
  
  RecommendedBarcelona wage dispute still holding up Frenkie De Jong’s Manchester United moveFrenkie de Jong to travel on Barcelona pre-season tourBarcelona tell Frenkie de Jong to go as Man Utd transfer saga drags on“Finally, negotiators need to make it clear to the parties involved that when a relationship between a club and player arrives at a crossroad, where the club makes it clear it no longer wants the player, the player is best advised to seek other options towards protecting his sporting career and his future earnings and potential of profit maximisation UBP
  
  ”There has been general amazement within the game UBP
  
  A new €70m sponsorship deal has been signed with Spotify, albeit one that covers shirt, training kit and stadium naming rights UBP
  
  Instead, Xavi has been just as insistent on this approach UBP
  
  He has been obstinate in insisting he will stay, as the club agree a deal with Manchester United UBP
  
  They want it all, and they want it now UBP
  
  It partly explains some decisions that often look like desperation UBP
  
  But why? Why the rush? Why the risk? Why not wait and build something greater; something that better fits with their history, and their best ever sides?It feels unnecessary UBP
  
  In the meantime, they were selling their image UBP
  
  You only have to look at what Liverpool are now, compared to what they were for most of 2009 to 2017 UBP
  
  Some of it is based on all these investment deals UBP
  
  Given that he had once been assured he was “the future of Barcelona”, Frenkie de Jong might roll his eyes at stories like the following UBP
  
  The Dutch midfielder may well represent “the future” of Barca, but in a way no one imagined when they used those words to persuade him to come to Camp Nou over City or PSG back in 2019 UBP
  
  One would have to presume that such discussion has taken place UBP
  
  This is why Bayern Munich demanded the fee for Robert Lewandowski up front UBP
  
  5m to investment firm Sixth Street for 25 years, and are looking to sell up to 49 UBP
  
  Those two facts are profoundly connected UBP
  
  ”“Selling off the family silver UBP
  
  What those figures are wondering, above anything else, is how the club are going to get all this money back - and with huge interest on top UBP
  
  His departure is the domino that needs to fall so everything else can fall into place UBP
  
  That is through itemising entries on the balance sheet - including instalment payments - into the upcoming year to increase the “cash in flow” UBP
  
  There is an understandable resentment about how state-owned clubs in Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain took their stars and - worse - their ideas, and used them to become better than Barca UBP
  
  “We are not here to offer negotiation techniques and/or legal advice, but if the player really wants to join Manchester United, without losing his highly publicised ‘deferred payments’ with Barcelona, there are ways of making this happen, by looking at all options involving termination of contractual obligations and claiming ‘due payables’ UBP
  
  It would have been completely based on their most idealised image: youth production; patience; romance; a football identity UBP
  
  UBP
  
  ”That’s quite the giveaway UBP
  
  It would have been afforded so much time, to allow the club to grow and once again afford the very best UBP
  
  It is true that many managers prefer to deal in a direct manner with the player, without the ‘assistance’ of third parties and, therefore, decide to bypass intermediaries UBP
  
  That doesn’t happen if you are languishing in fifth, or the Europa League UBP
  
  The hierarchy have told him this UBP
  
  That perspective still overlooks the reality that any club - but particularly a club with Barca’s historic fame - can quickly become relevant again if they win something UBP
  
  Everyone still wants to play for Barca UBP
  
  It says a lot about where Barca are UBP
  
  On a very base level, there are figures within Camp Nou who just cannot accept they are not the biggest in the game anymore UBP
  
  One thing is certain, and that is Manchester United, cannot, for legal and tax reasons, make such payments for the player UBP
  
  Involving more nuance, there are also those financial negotiations UBP
  
  They didn’t want to do business UBP
  
  It is again the selling of that image UBP
  
  The hinge of all this is that Barcelona do need a lot to come off in order for all this to pay off UBP
  
  Dr Gregory Ioannidis, a sports lawyer and attorney at law at Sheffield Hallam University, is one of many figures who feels there is much more to this UBP
  
  That is admittedly possible with a lower wage bill and higher income UBP
  
  It is one that is increasingly widespread in the game UBP
  
  They are more concerned with selling their image UBP
  
  They have wavered between trying to force him out to pleading with him, appealing to his love for the club UBP
  
  Put bluntly, they were sceptical over whether they would get paid in full UBP
  
  Barcelona have replicated this through enormous loans, most notably from Goldman Sachs, effectively turning short-term debt into long-term debt UBP
  
  It also would have been presided over by one of the high priests of all this UBP
  
  Barca may no longer dictate the transfer market, in the sense they will be the club to buy the best players in the world, but they have influenced this summer’s window more than anyone else UBP
  
  Some of it, ironically, is based on their old self-image UBP
  
  It’s difficult not to empathise with De Jong’s stance UBP
  
  In that sense, and somewhat remarkably, they haven’t actually adapted as well as their new Super League business partners at Real Madrid UBP
  
  
  
  Industry figures have a number of descriptions for that, too UBP
  
  “It is clear, without a doubt, that this is not a legal matter, but rather a political one, and any deadlock can only be broken with effective negotiation,” Dr Ioannidis says UBP
  
  Put bluntly, they were sceptical over whether they would get paid in full UBP
  
  They assured the player they would find a way UBP
  
  They want it all, and they want it now UBP
  
  It partly explains some decisions that often look like desperation UBP
  
  This is why Bayern Munich demanded the fee for Robert Lewandowski up front UBP
  
  The calculation both Barcelona and their investors are making is that they’ll quickly get back to their old levels of revenue - the biggest in the world before Covid - if they have a team that can compete UBP
  
  Given that he had once been assured he was “the future of Barcelona”, Frenkie de Jong might roll his eyes at stories like the following UBP
  
  Most of all, though, they are sustainable UBP
  
  Now, as a consequence of that, the “offer” they have made to him is possibly more extraordinary than any other part of this UBP
  
  ”“Selling off the family silver UBP
  
  ”There has been general amazement within the game UBP
  
  But why? Why the rush? Why the risk? Why not wait and build something greater; something that better fits with their history, and their best ever sides?It feels unnecessary UBP
  
  It is what gives another image of the club: one of waste and inflation and desperation, of lessons not learned and financial imprudence UBP
  
  What those figures are wondering, above anything else, is how the club are going to get all this money back - and with huge interest on top UBP
  
  Some think he genuinely doesn’t want to go, but one of those is not Erik ten Hag UBP
  
  Instead, Xavi has been just as insistent on this approach UBP
  
  You need to be producing moments that are globally relevant UBP
  
  Another term has been floated within the game: “Goldman Sachs FC” UBP
  
  UBP
  
  Which brings us back to another hinge issue, in De Jong UBP
  
  There is an understandable resentment about how state-owned clubs in Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain took their stars and - worse - their ideas, and used them to become better than Barca UBP
  
  That perspective still overlooks the reality that any club - but particularly a club with Barca’s historic fame - can quickly become relevant again if they win something UBP
  
  You only have to look at what Liverpool are now, compared to what they were for most of 2009 to 2017 UBP
  
  Involving more nuance, there are also those financial negotiations UBP
  
  The Dutch midfielder may well represent “the future” of Barca, but in a way no one imagined when they used those words to persuade him to come to Camp Nou over City or PSG back in 2019 UBP
  
  That gives them less space for future negotiations, which ties in with the short-term nature of other deals UBP
  
  ”“Extraordinary UBP
  
  Other deals have aided this - for the time being UBP
  
  It’s difficult not to empathise with De Jong’s stance UBP
  
  Barca may no longer dictate the transfer market, in the sense they will be the club to buy the best players in the world, but they have influenced this summer’s window more than anyone else UBP
  
  Dr Gregory Ioannidis, a sports lawyer and attorney at law at Sheffield Hallam University, is one of many figures who feels there is much more to this UBP
  
  This is what a new plan under new stars could have offered, if they were willing to endure a potential period of frustration UBP
  
  A new €70m sponsorship deal has been signed with Spotify, albeit one that covers shirt, training kit and stadium naming rights UBP
  
  It is true that many managers prefer to deal in a direct manner with the player, without the ‘assistance’ of third parties and, therefore, decide to bypass intermediaries UBP
  
  (Getty Images)It is what fosters the sense that the stakes are now unnecessarily high UBP
  
  They just didn’t need to go this far UBP
  
  After a relatively fallow period from their famous academy, Barca were blessed with a truly brilliant next generation in Gavi, Pedri and Ansu Fati UBP
  
  His departure is the domino that needs to fall so everything else can fall into place UBP
  
  Some of it, ironically, is based on their old self-image UBP
  
  That doesn’t happen if you are languishing in fifth, or the Europa League UBP
  
  ”“Going to the casino UBP
  
  Other clubs have meanwhile decided they will not do business with them on principle UBP
  
  Pronouncing a thoroughly sustainable new three-year project, as Joan Laporta pretty much did at one of their last crises in 2003, would surely have been the easiest sell in the world UBP
  
  He has been obstinate in insisting he will stay, as the club agree a deal with Manchester United UBP
  
  A young team playing under Xavi, and founded on Gavi, Pedri and Fati, would surely have been a vision UBP
  
  Barca have also sold 10% of their La Liga TV rights for €207 UBP
  
  This is what players like Lewandowski are still buying into UBP
  
  They didn’t want to do business UBP
  
  ”The club aren’t really selling the idea of staying UBP
  
  That €600m now needs to be paid back in 10 years rather than one UBP
  
  Those two facts are profoundly connected UBP
  
  Some of it is based on all these investment deals UBP
  
  He should be well aware of the irony there, particularly given he agreed to restructure his contract to help the club through Covid UBP
  
  A few months ago, the Catalan club were talking to a potential summer target, but this at a time when La Liga’s salary cap meant they couldn’t register new signings UBP
  
  9% of Barcelona Licensing and Merchandising UBP
  
  They are more concerned with selling their image UBP
  
  He has requested “experienced” signings, to go with Laporta’s yearning for a star UBP
  
  The selling club, who were German, were not so confident UBP
  
  “One aspect that needs to be clear is that a purchasing club almost never makes an offer to purchase unless there is an agreement with the player to join UBP
  
  Everyone still wants to play for Barca UBP
  
  That is through itemising entries on the balance sheet - including instalment payments - into the upcoming year to increase the “cash in flow” UBP
  
  In that sense, and somewhat remarkably, they haven’t actually adapted as well as their new Super League business partners at Real Madrid UBP
  
  Others believe it is all about not giving Barca an out in a tense stand-off UBP
  
  The club are still refusing to pay him deferred wages, and are effectively forcing him out, so they can spend money on others UBP
  
  “Like taking out multiple high-risk mortgages on future earnings UBP
  
  In the meantime, they were selling their image UBP
  
  “We are not here to offer negotiation techniques and/or legal advice, but if the player really wants to join Manchester United, without losing his highly publicised ‘deferred payments’ with Barcelona, there are ways of making this happen, by looking at all options involving termination of contractual obligations and claiming ‘due payables’ UBP
  
  It is again the selling of that image UBP
  
  They now have a very different image of Barca UBP
  
  There is also a sense of investment from a different perspective, based on the belief that so much of modern football business is based on competitiveness and, by extension, “content” UBP
  
  It is one that is increasingly widespread in the game UBP
  
  Many would point to how even a club like AC Milan became irrelevant for a decade UBP
  
  The player was interested but understandably sceptical, and the situation formed a large part of discussions UBP
  
  That has been the story of the super clubs UBP
  
  RecommendedBarcelona wage dispute still holding up Frenkie De Jong’s Manchester United moveFrenkie de Jong to travel on Barcelona pre-season tourBarcelona tell Frenkie de Jong to go as Man Utd transfer saga drags on“Finally, negotiators need to make it clear to the parties involved that when a relationship between a club and player arrives at a crossroad, where the club makes it clear it no longer wants the player, the player is best advised to seek other options towards protecting his sporting career and his future earnings and potential of profit maximisation UBP
  
  “We have to strengthen to compete for all the trophies UBP
  
  Barcelona have replicated this through enormous loans, most notably from Goldman Sachs, effectively turning short-term debt into long-term debt UBP
  
  Those questions are all the more pressing since Barca still have to figure out the final numbers in order to actually register four new signings in Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen UBP
  
  Consequently, Manchester United would have to make a political decision on whether it is worth pursuing a player that may be using them to get what he wants and/or if they believe he has gone back to his initial promise UBP
  
  The European champions have been more accepting of their new status, and sought to build from there, with so much youth UBP
  
  (AFP via Getty Images)The extent of their business is all the more eye-opening because Barcelona had actually been given an out UBP
  
  They have wavered between trying to force him out to pleading with him, appealing to his love for the club UBP
  
  La Liga’s rules, after all, meant the club had to pretty much raise €600m in order to even go into the market this summer UBP
  
  It is one of many reasons - to go with the struggle to meet repayments - that Barca have been so pushing the Super League UBP
  
  It also would have been presided over by one of the high priests of all this UBP
  
  ”That’s quite the giveaway UBP
  
  The hinge of all this is that Barcelona do need a lot to come off in order for all this to pay off UBP
  
  5m to investment firm Sixth Street for 25 years, and are looking to sell up to 49 UBP
  
  The immediate answer, and one that is more acute for Spanish football as a whole, is that there is a way around La Liga’s salary cap UBP
  
  In other words, they are selling their image in more ways than ever before UBP
  
  That is admittedly possible with a lower wage bill and higher income UBP
  
  One thing is certain, and that is Manchester United, cannot, for legal and tax reasons, make such payments for the player UBP
  
  It would have been afforded so much time, to allow the club to grow and once again afford the very best UBP
  
  It says a lot about where Barca are UBP
  
  On a very base level, there are figures within Camp Nou who just cannot accept they are not the biggest in the game anymore UBP
  
  Barcelona were insistent, though UBP
  
  It would have been completely based on their most idealised image: youth production; patience; romance; a football identity UBP
  
  The hierarchy have told him this UBP
  
  He has of course spoken to his former Ajax player UBP
  
  It also has real effect, as the plans of so many clubs are swirled around by their spinning plates UBP
  
  This is why some sellers have inflated asking prices for players when Barcelona come calling, simultaneously inflating the market, just in case the third instalment doesn’t arrive UBP
  
  As much as anything, it is quite a blow to pride, let alone bank balance UBP
  
  One would have to presume that such discussion has taken place UBP
  
  RecommendedTyson Fury to sponsor Morecambe Football ClubTransfer news LIVE: Chelsea near Jules Kounde deal plus Frenkie De Jong latestFootball rumours: Chelsea eyeing Josko Gvardiol to replace Cesar AzpilicuetaJust as connected are the recent question of how Barca are actually doing this and the more relevant question of what happens next; whether this is sustainable UBP