27 million euros! No wonder Barcelona chose Flick, Laporta was too shrewd, and the fans sighed

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2024-05-30 14:44Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

After Barcelona officially announced that Flick would take over as Xavi's coach for the new season, this puzzled many fans. After all, Flick's ability to lead the team at this stage is not very strong, especially the poor results he played in coaching the German national team, which has been questioned by the outside world. On this basis, many fans believe that it is more prudent for Barcelona to either keep Xavi or choose another famous manager.

However, just now, according to the Spanish media Daily Sport, Barcelona's choice of Flick is in line with his team-building ideas at the top. There was another key factor that became Flick's reason for taking the job, and that was his salary. As we all know, Barcelona have been very financially strapped in recent seasons and they have limited liquidity at their disposal to invest in transfers. Not to mention the expenditure on the manager's salary, Barcelona is also very tight in this regard. And a new manager with good quality and low price is the key for the team to consider at the moment.

According to Daily Sport, Flick's annual salary at Barcelona is 3 million euros before tax, which is much more affordable than Xavi. Xavi has significantly reduced the amount of the bonus under the floating clause, but his annual salary before tax is as high as 12 million euros. In other words, using Flick for three years will save 27 million euros in salary compared to continuing to use Xavi for three years. For Barça, it's a tempting number. This is an important reason why they decisively gave up on Xavi and chose to let Flick take over. After all, 27 million euros is for Barcelona now, they can use it for reinforcements in a certain transfer window, and they can buy a good instant star.

It can be said that Barcelona has taken the tightening of clothes and food to the extreme at this stage, and even the appointment of the head coach must give priority to the coach with a low price, which has to be said to be quite embarrassing to the fans. After all, Barcelona in the past had the largest revenue capacity in Europe, often earning close to 100 million euros more than Real Madrid per season. But now, with the team's financial constraints, they no longer have the magnanimity of the past, and the team's president Laporta is trying to deduct some expenses.

In addition to operating in this change of manager, he saved 27 million euros in the manager's salary over three years. Laporta also used the emotional card to get Xavi to give up the next salary of more than 10 million euros, as well as the termination fee and other expenses. One in and one out of Barcelona is conservatively estimated to save close to 40 million euros, and the top management does look like a shrewd businessman at this stage. It is worth mentioning that Flick is personally satisfied with the salary at this stage, because his current goal is not to join a big team and receive a high salary, but he wants to return himself to the ranks of famous coaches through the next term.

Prior to that, Flick had a high starting point in his coaching career, leading Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich to six titles in 2020. At that time, he was already compared to the likes of Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp. However, later in his coaching career, Bayern had average results in the later stages of his coaching. At the same time, after taking over the German national team, he did not show a reliable performance, which made the outside media and fans think that Flick has eaten the dividends of Bayern's lineup, and he is not an excellent manager. That's why he hasn't received too many offers from the club at this stage.

Flick is a very competitive player on his own, and he always wants to respond to the skepticism by leading the team to championships. He reached out to Barcelona some time ago in order to get a chance to prove himself. For this reason, he is willing to accept a relatively low salary, which is why Barcelona chose him. The salary of 3 million euros before tax is already the lowest among the giants in Europe. Even the Serie A giants, who are in a very poor financial situation, have a higher salary as a manager than Flick, which shows his determination. What do you think about Flick getting a low salary to prove himself?

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