According to a recent report from El Confidencial, as relayed by Diario SPORT, Barcelona are imminently set to activate an economic lever by selling a 16% stake in Barça Studios.
A German investment fund will buy the stake, in a move that will bring €60 million to the Barcelona coffers.
The club had earlier sold a 49% stake in Barça Studios to Orpheus and Socios.com last year, with each company buying a 24.5% stake for €100 million.
However, both entities could not deposit the €30 million instalment payment to Barcelona in time, which has caused problems for the Catalan outfit, with regard to FFP and registration of new players and contracts.
In order to fix this, Barcelona have decided to sell 16% of its stake in Barça Studios, but this won’t come from their existing 51% stake in the entity. The club, after all, will never consider losing a controlling stake in one of its assets.
Instead, Barcelona have convinced both Socios and Orpheus to lower the share in Barça Studios to 16.5% each, because of the late payments.
That would total up to 33% share, with the German investment fund now buying the remaining 16% for a fee of €60 million.
This fresh infusion of cash should help Barcelona register the new signings and the new contracts of some of the existing stars.
At the same time, Barça are confident they can generate income from a few of the other sources as well.
By August, they are hoping to come under the 1:1 rule, which should alleviate much of the financial stress and may even allow the club to bring in more players before the season starts.
The Catalans are already actively working on the plan to reinforce the attacking midfield and the right-back positions, though they are yet to find a suitable option in the market.
