Revealed: Barcelona owe over €200m in transfer fees to the likes of Leeds, Man City & Bayern for players such as Raphinha, Ferran Torres & Robert Lewandowski

Barcelona reportedly owe more than €200 million (£173m/$212m) in transfer fees to clubs such as Leeds, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

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• La Liga giants have continued to spend
• Financial struggles being endured
• Debts being worked off slowly

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The Liga giants have continued to splash out on big-money recruits despite enduring much-publicised financial difficulties. Those struggles prevented them from agreeing a new contract with Lionel Messi back in 2021, leading to the legendary Argentine leaving for Paris Saint-Germain.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Barca have found ways to put other deals in place, but reports that they have eye-watering debts on the transfer front. The Blaugrana are due to shell out just under €90m (£78m/$95m) over the course of the next 12 months, but will still have a further €120m (£104m/$127m) to pay out to Leeds, City, Bayern and Sevilla beyond that point.

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  Barca are reportedly about to pay Ajax €16m (£14m/$17m) for Frenkie de Jong, while small amounts are still owed on deals for Neto Muraua, Jean-Clair Todibo, Emerson Royal, Junior Firpo, and Miralem Pjanic. In the case of Pjanic, the Catalan outfit have to send funds to four different clubs.

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  WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

  In the short-term, Barca owe €24m (£21m/$25m) to Leeds for Raphinha, €13m (£11m/$14m) to City for Ferran Torres and €10m (£9m/$11m) to Bayern for Lewandowski, with €38m (£33m/$40m), €26m (£22m/$27m) and €21m (£18m/$22m) due to be paid in those respective deals on a longer term basis. The Blaugrana must also find another €36m (£31m/$38m) for Jules Kounde, while they will bring in funds from Sporting and Atletico Madrid for Francisco Trincao and Antoine Griezmann.