Official: Barcelona’s salary cap drops to €351.3 million from €463.6 million in the winter | OneFootball

La Liga announced the updated salary cap limits for clubs in the top two divisions for the 2025/26 season following the conclusion of the summer transfer window.

As per the official figures released, the Catalan giants’ salary cap has dropped from €463.6 million in February earlier this year to €351.3 million now.

The salary cap limit is the maximum amount that the club can spend during the season after all the operations carried out in the summer, and it will dictate the club’s plans of operation for the next window.

It includes spending on players, the coach, assistant coach, other coaches, and fitness coaches of the first team (eligible squad) and spending on the reserve team, the youth academy, and the other sporting sections.

In fact, when the salary cap was announced in February this year, the Catalans had seen an improvement from €426 million to €463.6 million.

After a few years, when the squad cost limit had been on a constant drop, Barcelona’s situation had improved over the past year or so.

However, there has now been a dip of €112.3 million for the Catalans, despite the club parting ways with several players in the summer to generate revenue and save salaries.

Courtesy: La Liga

Meanwhile, Real Madrid once again top the ranking with €761.2 million.

Talking about Barcelona’s situation, La Liga president Javier Tebas explained (h/t SPORT):

“Barça have shown they can sign players. They’ve built a squad with what they have, winning LaLiga and bringing in talent from their academy. It’s not mandatory to buy big. The start of their season proves they’re doing well.”

The figures will be updated again after the winter transfer window, at which point there is likely to be an improvement, especially if Barcelona are able to get the VIP seats lever ratified, which would be worth €100 million.

“Barça’s €112 million coincides with the €100 million from VIP boxes. One auditor said yes, then another said no, which took away the €100 million. That’s the cause and effect,” said Javier Gomez, corporate director of LaLiga.

“I’m convinced they’re going to recover it. It’s a world-class club. It’s going to get through this, 100% sure, but it’s going to take work,” he added.

Gomez also attributed this to the loss in revenue Barça are incurring by not playing at the Spotify Camp Nou, saying:

“Barça is operating without its stadium, where it is losing a lot of revenue. It has to deal with a difficult situation that it was already facing and is now playing with its stadium closed.

“We are talking about €70-80 million a year that it is not taking in. The question is whether this will happen in three or 12 months,”