The COVID reduces the accounts of the upper class of LaLiga

He coronavirus effect in football he has forced clubs to keep an eye on their wallets. The time of bonanza and economic growth has seen braking And now it's calculator time and adjust to the maximum the budgets. Although according to one estimate made by this newspaper, through the data provided by the clubs to the correspondents of this newspaper or the figures that they have publicly admitted, the club budgets First will go up 281 million overall compared to last season.

A significant data, as LaLiga would resist the economic blow and also because most clubs build the new budgets with a look of optimism, thinking that in 2021 the fans will be able to return to the stands, which will mean the entry of money into the coffers. Thebes, which was the first to call for austerity in spring, has been optimistic about it: “I hope that from January and February we started to see the stadiums as before. The vaccine will be the beginning of the end of this situation. “

Contrary to what you might think, most affected are not the small clubs, whose budgets are based on a high percentage of television money, which could be saved at the end of the season, making the blow for them minimal or nonexistent. Cádiz, Valladolid, Elche, Villarreal, Huesca and Seville are what they will increase their budgets. Although people from Elche and Cadiz will multiply them by five (from 9 to about 40-50) for the promotion. He Huesca, the third ascended, only will double it since in Second it had one of the highest budgets thanks to the aid of the 18-19 season decline.

Instead, several teams from the upper middle class are the ones most hit have been seen for the coronavirus, they already had more polarized their income. The stadium ticketing and operation tap (tickets, subscribers, shops, boxes …) is completely closed and that of sponsors has decreased. One of the most affected is the Barcelona, that has already announced a 30% drop in its budget (from 1,047 million to 733). He Madrid will not be left behind, will pass from about 822 to about 650. And the Athletic could move in the 400, when last year I had a hundred more. They also estimate that they will reduce their budgets Valencia, Getafe, Betis, Alavés, Athletic, Celta, Eibar and Levante. Although granotas and gunsmiths foresee a slight fall. They will remain in the same line as last year the Real Sociedad, Osasuna (centennial year) and Granada.

With the support of these estimates in the budgets the few movements are already understood in the market, where the big ones have hardly been noticed. Already Javier Tebas warned to the clubs in the months of confinement that difficult times would come and that it was time to tighten their belts. Than it was time to save and look more at the quarry than at the market. Proof of it is the disbursement made by the clubs LaLiga to date: 288 million euros. Last season was broke the record, reaching the 1,300. Of course, Thebes predicts a Closest league given the unequal impact of the crisis on the clubs. “The big and medium clubs have had the crisis in the coffers and they will not have the deployment of signings that they had been doing regularly. little ones have not been so affected and they have been able to strengthen something better. “