Recently, Barcelona's professional department head O'Calaghan was interviewed by "Everything", explaining the impact of La Liga financial fair competition (FFP) on the club and its various professional departments.

Previously, the club's board of directors had to activate a 7 million euro guarantee to make up for the deviation from the initial forecast. O'Calaghan said that the FFP that Barcelona follows is based on two parts of salary: "Registerable salary, including the salary of first-team players of men's football team and the salary of head coach Frick and his assistants. The non-registered salary covers the salary of other members of Frick's coaching team and all athletes and coaches."

This season, Barcelona will have 95 million euros for unregistered salary, of which 56 million euros are allocated to the professional department, 10 million euros for amateur sports, 6.2 million euros for Barcelona Academy, and 32 million euros for youth training and other first-team expenses. The 95 million euros increased by 4 million euros last season, and was adjusted by the club itself to ensure that registered wages are not subject to cuts.

In fact, the guarantee provided by the board is to ensure that the 7 million euros will not be deducted from the registered salary: "La Liga said that the only way to control is through the guarantee, otherwise the money will be deducted from the registered salary."

O'Calaghan clearly stated that both basketball and women's football team strictly adhere to the budget, so the 7 million euros were not generated by these two teams. The total salary of the basketball team will be reduced by nearly 3 million euros, from 31.5 million euros last season to 28.7 million euros this season. ”

" If there is an injury situation, we do not intend to increase our basketball salary during the season. As for the women's football team, the total salary will increase by 1 million euros to 13.7 million euros, handball is 7.5 million euros, indoor football is 4 million euros, roller skating and hockey is 2 million euros. "

"Our goal is to keep each professional department 100% competitive, and the clubs that spend the most are not always winners. We will maintain a reasonable expenditure range to be competitive in the European arena. The board of directors has allocated budgets to enable teams to be competitive. We may not spend the most in Europe, but with our playing style, our own players and other experienced players, we are still expected to win the championship. ”

During the Q&A session, O'Calaghan further clarified that the 7 million euros would need to be guaranteed regardless of whether the 1:1 rule is in compliance with or not: "FFP depends on the expected income, if you tell La Liga 'I will achieve these income this year', then you have not achieved it yet, just say you will achieve it. Barcelona and La Liga have different views on the interpretation of VIP seat income, which is also the controversy. ”

Finally, O'Calahan praised the board's decision out of pocket: "They are using their own property to maintain the competitiveness of the professional department. ”