Barcelona WILL improve their chances of signing Robert Lewandowski by members voting to agree to giving up future revenue for investment as change could bring in £630m – and it would mean severing ties from the European Super League!
Barcelona have made Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski a key targetBut the club needs to raise instant funds to help finance summer transfer plansOne option could be to sell nearly half of their retail arm ‘Barcelona Licensing and Merchandising’ – another to sell up to 25% of future TV rights to investors In exchange, the club would end association with proposed Super LeagueBarca members will now vote on the two proposals in an EGM on June 16
Barcelona will shut the door on their participation in the proposed European Super League, and massively increase their chances of signing Robert Lewandowski this summer, if members vote this month to allow them to accept investment in return for giving up future revenue.
The club announced in a statement on Tuesday that Barca members will be able to vote on two proposals on June 16 at an online Extraordinary General Meeting.
One proposal is to sell 49.9 per cent of their retail arm ‘Barcelona Licensing and Merchandising’ (BLM). The second is to sell up to 25 percent of future television rights income to investors.
Barcelona have set their targets on signing Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich
But the Spanish outfit are currently struggling to finance a deal for the Bayern hitman
The club had rejected the second option because it was seen as ‘mortgaging the club’s future’ but it is now viewed as the only way to be able to sign new players this summer.
According to 2Playbook the first deal – giving up just under half of BLM and therefore just under half of future profits on…