Laporta reveals Barcelona transfer plans for January
Karan Tejwani
- 29 Nov 2022 12:10 GMT
- 3 min read
Barcelona President Joan Laporta has admitted that signings in the winter transfer window are unlikely due to the club’s salary limit issues.
The team are top of La Liga and are hoping to win their first domestic championship since 2019, but are unlikely to add any more players to the squad.
That is due to salary limits, as they will be back in the 1:4 rule in the summer (clubs are only allowed to add 25% of what they save to their wage bill)), should they wait.
The club have had financial troubles in the past and that was added to by their Champions League exit in the summer transfer window.
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Laporta said: “Now we are in the 1:1 rule, but in the summer we will be back in the 1:4 rule. If we had to sign someone, it would be convenient to do it in winter; but we have a very competitive team: we are the club that has the most footballers at the World Cup (17). It shows a job well done and is clear proof that Xavi is doing a great job.”
“We do not plan to do anything in January, unless there were unforeseen circumstances that we have to resolve. In principle we don’t have to do anything now, because we already worked in the summer with the ‘levers’, which allowed us to make a very competitive team. We are satisfied with how the season is going, despite the slip in the Champions League.”
Barça president Laporta: “We signed players in the summer, in principle we don't have to do anything in January”. 🚨🔵🔴 #FCB
On Financial Fair Play: “Currently we are 1:1 — but in the summer we will go back to 4:1 rule by La Liga”. pic.twitter.com/Aai3MQOQwI— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 28, 2022
“In addition, La Liga odes not make it easy it for, they restrict us more and more. They do not cease in their efforts to make it more and more strict. If they had had that obsession with ‘fair play’ a long time ago, we wouldn’t be like that now. I hope that more flexibility prevails.”
Barcelona do have some targets but making a move for them seems unlikely in the winter, and the club are more than happy to wait until the summer.
