Some works of past is haunting you in your worst phase of life so is the case with spanish giant barcelona. But good news is that they settled it .
🚨| BREAKING: Barça have finally settled their debts with Messi, Umtiti, Coutinho, Koeman, and the rest of the 2020 squad. The final payment of the deferred salaries — amounting to €16M — will be made on June 30 and has already been authorized by the club’s financial department.
Back in 2020, the majority of the Barça squad agreed to defer their salaries. In total, the deferred salary figure reached €121.7M. Barça decided that this amount would be paid in eight installments: in December of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and in June of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The final payment outlined in the agreement is scheduled for June 30, 2025.
Barça have now fully resolved the deferred salary payments owed to the entire 2020 squad.
- Lionel Messi was the player owed the highest amount, with €47.6M of his salary deferred. Only €5.96M remains outstanding, which will be paid the day after tomorrow.
- Koeman was owed €6M in total and his staff less than €1M.
- Other players with significant deferred sums include Coutinho (undisclosed), Umtiti (€9.9M), Dembélé (€5.1M), Pjanić (€5.1M), Sergi Roberto (€4.8M), Neto (€2.5M), Dest (€1.3M), Braithwaite (€1.2M), and Junior Firpo (€1.1M).
- For players like Aleñá, Matheus Fernandes, Pedri, Trincão, Ansu Fati, Ronald Araújo, and Riqui Puig, the deferred amounts were all under €1M.