“What they are doing is using the resources that they had accumulated in previous seasons. Real Madrid, Atlético, Athletic and Villarreal, among others, are clubs that have acceptable financial ratios and that can use those resources from previous campaigns. They have done nothing better, they have simply faced a financial situation differently. “
Jose Guerra Alvarez, Corporate General Director of LaLiga, explained today in a telematic press conference together with Javier
Thebes, the reason for the difference between some clubs and others regarding the situation of their salary limit. The president of said entity clarified in this regard that “when you have a force majeure cause, a pandemic and COVID as is the case, it cannot be said that things have been done wrong before; rather, the strategy was different and before your solvency allowed you to function normally and suddenly they have cut it ”.
The cost limit of the sports staff (LCPD) or salary limit includes the maximum amount that each First and Second Division club can spend on salaries for players, coach, assistant coach and physical trainer; as well as in the subsidiary, the quarry and other sections. The concept of the workforce, in any case, is very broad and includes fixed and variable salaries of different kinds.
Athletic, in this sense, has a salary ceiling of 119.82 million euros for this season, 16 more than in 2019-20 (103.18) and about 19 more than in 2018-19 (109, 1). Real Madrid (468), Barça (382), Atlético (252), Seville (185) and Valencia (103) have more cap than the Bilbao club. Valencia and Real are behind, both exceeding 100 kilos.
“The salary cap is a calculation that does not serve to see the real spending because different budget cuts can be made to stretch the famous limit,” they assure MD, knowledgeable in economic matters with experience in elite football.