


FC Barcelona could receive a $272 million boost this summer.
FC Barcelona could receive a €253 million ($272 million) cash injection this summer if finally accepting the CVC deal.
Along with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, the Catalans initially decided not to take their share of the €2.1 billion proposal accepted by La Liga in 2022 in exchange for 8.2% of audiovisual rights revenue for the next 50 years.
On Friday, however, several Spanish outlets such as COPE, Mundo Deportivo, and Relevo all reported that Barca have notified a Madrid court of their desire to withdraw from a legal procedure brought forward by the three clubs to prove that the agreement between CVC and La Liga is illegal.
This is a major plot twist at Camp Nou, and is viewed as an indicator that president Joan Laporta and his club might be willing to improve their fractured relationship with the Spanish top flight and its outspoken leader Javier Tebas with whom Laporta has clashed on a number of occasions regarding several topics.
A possible sign that things might be approving between the championship and one of its biggest clubs was La Liga finally approving Barca's viability plan on Tuesday.
The plan lays out how the cash-strapped Catalans can sign new players and register contracts amid being warned to shed €200 million ($215 million) from the wage bill.
Despite getting the green light for the plan, though, which came to late to seal Inter Miami-bound Lionel Messi's return, Barca are still made to live by the 40% rule which means they can only invest €4 million ($4.3 million) for every €10 million ($10.7 million) they manage to bring in or eliminate as an expense.
The overall ambition is to return to the 1:1 rule, and if they finally accept the CVC deal, Barca could take a huge step in that direction.
Doing so would see €253 million ($272 million) head Barca's way, and 70%, or just over €177.1 million ($190 million) of this must be used for infrastructure, technological innovation and digitalization which would help tremendously with the renovation of Camp Nou.
A further 15%, just under €38 million ($41 million), has to go towards restructuring debt, and the same amount can then go on player purchases and boosting the salary cap which is badly needed heading towards 2023/2024.
Something must that must be remembered is that if Barca were to finally put pen to paper with CVC, 8.2% of their audiovisual rights would go towards the company for 50 years at the same time 25% are handed over to Sixth Street for the next 25 years.
This leaves Barca with 66.8% of the rights themselves, with total put at €95 million ($101.5 million) in another report by Mundo Deportivo this week.
If these figures are accurate, and Barca go in with CVC, they would be due €63.46 million ($68.20 million) in television money the next time it is distributed.