FC Barcelona Readying Fourth ‘Economic Lever’ amid new deals Registration
Press reports revealed that FC Barcelona is ready to activate a fourth 'economic lever' worth 100 million euros, in order to be able to register new deals alongside the contracts of Dembele and Sergi Roberto in the League. This new trend came amid doubts that they won't be able to register their new signings. La Cadena SER (the SER Network) Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority said that Barca has activated the fourth lever by selling a 24.5% stake in Barca Studios to fan token site socios.com for €100mn ($101.5mn), which it was thought would help them register the new signings and some of those that have penned new contracts such as Ousmane Dembele and Sergi Roberto.
The source added that the League will respond to the Catalan club within a day or two, regarding the registration of its new deals, after activating the fourth financial lever. The Radio pointed out that Barcelona Board believes that it needs from 30 to 40 million euros, in order to register its new deals, despite the activation of the fourth financial leverage, and the goal is to reduce salaries again.