La Liga has released the updated squad cost limits for the 2025-26 season, revealing a setback for FC Barcelona. The Catalan club\u2019s cap has dropped by \u20ac112 million compared with the winter update, falling from \u20ac463 million to \u20ac351 million. The reduction follows the decision by auditors to exclude a \u20ac100 million VIP seat lease agreement until the deal is validated.<\/p>\n
Despite the cut, Barcelona still hold the second-highest cap in Spain. They sit \u20ac24 million ahead of Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid, who are at \u20ac327 million after a small increase, yet both trail Real Madrid by a wide margin. Los Blancos lead the league with \u20ac761 million, more than double Bar\u00e7a\u2019s figure. Villarreal are in fourth place with \u20ac173 million after a rise linked to Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n
Barcelona spent comparatively little in the previous transfer market, buying only Joan Garc\u00eda at \u20ac25 million and Roony Bardghji for \u20ac2.5 million. The Catalans sold many fringe players, but they were also forced into the sale of a key player, I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez, to comply with La Liga\u2019s FFP rules.<\/p>\n
At the other end of the table, Sevilla remain in difficulty despite a modest improvement to their salary limit. Their cap rose by \u20ac21.5 million but still sits at just \u20ac22 million, the lowest in the league. Summer sales of Dodi Lukebakio and Lo\u00efc Bad\u00e9 were required to ease the pressure, but the Andalusian side are still expected to be over the limit.<\/p>\n
The figures underline the widening financial gulf in Spanish football. Real Madrid\u2019s advantage remains decisive, while Barcelona must continue to adapt to reduced resources. For Sevilla and the other clubs at the lower end of the scale, survival will depend on careful management and further player sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"La Liga has released the updated squad cost limits for the 2025-26 season, revealing a setback for FC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[1208,49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-158431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-la-liga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}