Barca salary limit drops from €648m to €270m as Real Madrid's limit is €727m

Barcelona are set to be subject to La Liga’s spending restrictions as they face another season well over their salary limit.

The Blaugrana had a salary limit of €648.8m with which to pay their players within La Liga regulations last season, following the sale of numerous assets to the tune of €667m the previous year.

They were spending around €566m, but now they will be well over their limit again, as has happened in previous seasons. According to Relevo, their new salary limit is set to be just €270m without the asset sales.

Barcleona had been optimistic about their work, slashing their wage bill by €162m during that period, seeing the likes of Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets leave. Their new wage bill is around €404m, meaning they will be €134m over their current figure – 49% in excees.

This means that Barcelona will only be able to spend 50% of the money they save in wages they remove from their wage bill, in addition to 50% of the extra they make from sales, until they are back in the black.

The La Liga salary limits are essentially based off income and expenses, allowing clubs to spend 70% of their turnover, taking into account their closing balances from the previous season, in order to ensure clubs are sustainable.

If clubs exceed their salary limit, they then have restrictions placed on how much money they can spend on players and still register them. Clubs can generally spend 50% of the money they save in wages combined with what they earn in transfer fees.

Real Madrid are well ahead of any other side in La Liga, with €720m. This is an increase of €37m. Meanwhile Atletico Madrid surpassed Barcelona as the side with the second largest salary limit, with €296m, a decrease of €45m. Barcelona’s salary limit has decreased by a remarkable €379m.