Compared with the La Liga title that has ended the competition, the hottest topic in Spanish football has recently shifted to the secret agreement between Barca captain Pique and the Spanish Football Association. In the deal to house the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, Pique's company not only helped double the revenue of the Western Football Association, but also earned 24 million euros for the company he owned.
According to the Spanish media "Confidential Newspaper", at the end of 2019, the Spanish Football Association and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on the settlement of the Spanish Super Cup. In this transfer, the Saudi Arabian side needs to pay up to 40 million euros to the Spanish Football Association for each match. Compared with before, the income received by the Spanish Football Association from this competition can be described as a drastic change, because before going overseas, the income received by the Spanish Football Association from this event is only 120,000 euros, which can be said to be worthless.
In the negotiation of this agreement of up to 40 million euros, there is one person who has to be mentioned, that is, Barcelona second captain Gerald Pique, a player who has achieved great success on and off the field, personally leading the Spanish Super Cup to complete the transformation and helping the Spanish Football Federation to complete the revenue doubling.
However, in this agreement, Pique did not intervene as an ordinary individual, but coordinated the two sides as a representative of the company and earned a commission from it. Pique's company Kosmos will reportedly receive 10 percent of the fee, or 4 million euros, for a total of 24 million euros for the six tournaments.
Although the commission may seem high, in the recent response, Pique's statement also made us feel that it was worth the money: "We have a good relationship in the Middle East, where the portraits let us bring the official matches in Spain to the Dawn countries, so we decided to contact the FA to see if they were interested." At the same time, we also proposed the idea of changing the format, which would bring more revenue, and the two sides made a final hit. ”
"As for the fee, the 10% commission is entirely market price, which can be said to be relatively low, because it is generally 15-20%."
Although the outside world is struggling with how much commission Pique's company can get from it, if you consider the money that the FA can receive before, it will gladly accept it. Because before moving, the FOOTBALL Association could only receive 120,000 euros, but after moving to Saudi Arabia, the Football Association could receive 40 million euros, even after excluding the fees of 4 teams and the commission of Pique, it still has a considerable income from the event.
Interestingly, Pique gave his own unique advice on the prize money sharing of the 4 participating teams. Because Real Madrid insisted on 8 million euros to go overseas, Pique said directly: "If Real Madrid wants 8 million, then give them 8 million, Barca also give 8 million, the remaining two teams are 2 million and 1 million." Although I don't know what the logic of this division is, I have to say that the Barca captain is of a first-class level and does not forget to bring his own owner.