It is going to be expensive for Barcelona to have to renew its bench. The arrival of Ronald Koeman will force him, as Iusport recalls, to have to pay the Federation 3% of the amount of his contract as ordered by regulations in Spain. This canon joins the one that the Blaugrana club already had to enter in January through Setién. A disbursement that in 2020 has been added to Valverde's settlement and the more than 4 million that Bartomeu has had to pay to the Dutch federation so that his new coach can obtain the freedom letter.
Iusport points out the article of the RFEF Regulations that Barça will have to abide by if they want Koeman to sit on the bench on the third day of the championship (September 26), once the Blaugrana entity has already known that until then no He will begin his participation in LaLiga (as Atlético and Sevilla; Madrid and Getafe will re-engage on the second day) having had to play the Champions League in August. Specifically, it is included in its article 156, point B, relative to the “requirements for the exercise of the activity” For the RFEF Technical Coaches Committee to process your license: “Satisfy the amount set by the General Assembly for the completion / endorsement of the corresponding license.”
The Federation, as approved in its Assembly on June 10, 2019, wants to review this measure in the future with the aim of “evaluating that amount in each category on an annual basis.” Now it is not, far from it, a priority. The RFEF is now focused on the current situation of the National Team, on the preparation of the calendar, on solving the Fuenlabrada Case, on organizing non-professional competitions in the middle of the coronavirus crisis, on guiding the electoral process of its institution …