The numbers are still a good part of the lion in the Assembly of Athletic Commitment Members. Center of criticism, some because there are members of the social mass who estimate that the famous 30% have no reason for being; others because they question the economic management or that they do not generate as much income as this board of directors was willing to exploit in an obvious way.
What is clear is that for this course there will be less income for a budget that is understood to have to be affected by the current situation with an impact of 15 million from covid-19, to stay at about 97.
“We want to guarantee the original function of the provision and respect it”, He reviewed Jon Ander de las Fuentes, the accountant of the board of directors. The outlook has been tricky for everyone, not just for Athletic: in fact, there were 22 million fewer revenues last season and almost 21 million losses.
To the queue
In a confusing, almost suffocating context, the Bilbao club is at the bottom of the growth in non-sports personnel expenses: Athletic is very low with 5 million, “when Villarreal is at 7, Sevilla at 11, Valencia at 15, Atlético at 23, and Barça and Real Madrid, above 45 “, has specified De Las Fuentes
In this salad of economic data, it has transpired that in the 20/21 academic year sports income amounted to 21 million A revealing fact is the savings that have been generated with the reduction of salaries of the club's workers: 4, 6 million euros. Likewise, he hopes that there will be another reduction given that the possibility of an agreement in this regard is glimpsed.
Tax pressure
De las Fuentes has also insisted that the tax burden, “an issue that is not trivial”, has a significant influence on spending policy, and has also stressed that “net salaries exceed television revenues and since the season 18/19 “.
We work with a five-year horizon for sustainability
Likewise, the accountant explained that for the 19/20 academic year 166 million euros remained in the treasury and that “Athletic is in a privileged situation compared to other clubs”. In addition, he added that “we work with a five-year horizon for sustainability” and that there is a provision of 79 ‘kilos’ for this course compared to 102 for the previous one.