Laporta is trying to persuade Tebas to solve the problem of Messi’s exorbitant salary

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The Barcelona administration, headed by Joan Laporta, continues to strive hard to find a compromise between Messi’s exorbitant salary and the rules imposed by the Spanish League, for fear of losing the “flea” during the coming period.

Messi’s contract with Barcelona expired on Thursday, July 1, 2021, and the Catalan club’s management did not reach an agreement with the Argentine to renew his contract, so the agreement with him will become a completely new deal.

Barcelona President Joan Laporta fears Messi’s high salary from the club, and that it will affect the salary bill, which already exceeds 110% of the club’s budget.

How is Barcelona trying to solve Messi’s salary crisis?

According to the Spanish newspaper “Sport”, Laporta will hold a meeting on Friday morning with Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish League, in an attempt to find a solution to the problem faced by the Catalan club, due to the salary that Messi requires for renewal.

The Catalan newspaper indicated that if the outcome of the meeting was positive and the two parties reached an understanding, the chances of Barcelona signing a new contract with Messi would increase significantly.

This will not be the last step to complete the signing of Messi, but it is one of the main obstacles that must be resolved, and makes the process of continuing the Argentine difficult.

And there are still other issues that are not easy, starting with the necessity of ending tax issues, or postponing the payments that will be added to it for the new contract.

Joan Laporta is personally leading the negotiations with Messi and his father Jorge, and there has been great progress in the negotiations, but there are still obstacles that prevent a final agreement.

Why does Messi’s salary affect Barcelona?

Several seasons ago, in order to ensure the sustainability of clubs, La Liga established a rule that all clubs’ expenses must match income using a simple equation: income – non-sports expenses = sports expenses (salary limit).

The Corona virus crisis came to greatly affect Barcelona, ​​as Laporta found during his tenure of the Catalan club that the income had decreased by 300 million euros, and that the mass of players’ salaries was very high.

And from time to time, Barcelona is forced to significantly reduce the expenses resulting from the salaries of players, and therefore it must be reduced significantly in the current season.

Messi’s contract renewal will be the highest in its history, but it collides with this barrier, and Barcelona proposes to Messi a long-term contract, which includes playing in its ranks for two years, and then continues as the club’s ambassador.

Despite the fact that the club is trying to split the two-year payments, La Liga does not accept this clause in principle.

Tebas said during statements he made last week: “I hope that Messi will stay in Barcelona, ​​​​but he has to reduce his salary.