How much salary space have Barcelona freed up following midfielder’s departure? | OneFootball

FC Barcelona officially confirmed the sale of Pablo Torre to Mallorca on Monday. The 22-year-old left the club three years after arriving from Racing Santander, in a deal worth €5 million.

Barça do happen to retain a 50% future sell-on clause for the Spanish attacking midfielder who was not part of Hansi Flick’s first-team plans moving forward.

The salary space created from Pablo Torre’s exit

Torre’s departure allows Barcelona to reduce their wage bill as part of their ongoing objective to improve their Financial Fair Play situation and return to the 1:1 rule.

As such, Mundo Deportivo reports that the Blaugrana are getting a financial relief of nearly €3.5 million from Torre’s move to Mallorca.

Firstly, there are the direct earnings from the transfer of the young midfielder. Since Barça currently exceed their salary limit, they are only permitted to release 20% of the total transfer amount.

Pablo Torre has joined Mallorca from Barcelona. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)

With the operation valued at approximately €5 million, this translates into a release of 1 million euros from Pablo Torre’s transfer.

Secondly, there is the amortisation of the player’s salary costs. In this regard, the club releases 60% due to not being under the 1:1 rule.

Given that the new Mallorca player was earning approximately €4 million gross at the Catalan club, this results in a release of about €2.4 million.

Essentially, Barcelona have freed up close to €3.5 million in salary space following Torre’s transfer to Mallorca.

When added to the €8 million freed two weeks ago through the loan of Ansu Fati to AS Monaco, Barcelona have now released close to €12 million in Financial Fair Play margin.