Barcelona wages: Crazy updated list of salaries ahead of 22/23 season

The biggest mystery of the summer transfer window is how Barcelona continue to make signings despite their seemingly precarious financial situation.

So far, the club have signed Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie on a free transfer while they’ve paid big money for Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde and Raphinha – spending around £140 million in total.

That’s without an income of just £23.4 million through player sales – Philippe Coutinho making up the majority of that.

That’s all despite reportedly having been in around €1.173billion (£983m) of debt.

In order to survive, Barca have pulled several ‘financial levers’ this summer.

They’ve sold much of their domestic television rights while they’re also selling half of their licensing and merchandising division.

It seems as though it’s a short-term fix to a long-term problem.

One of the main reasons why Barca have found themselves in this financial mess is the crazy wages they’ve been paying players. The Spanish club have even had to ask players to defer their wages or take permanent wage cuts.

But now, an updated list of Barcelona’s crazy wages has emerged on the internet. Using data from Capology, the list shows the total gross wage of the top 20 players at the club.

And ‘gross’ is a pretty accurate word to describe it.

The list includes deferred wages and includes taxes – with Spanish players having to pay around half of their income in tax.

Check out the list below (we’ve converted it to pounds below):

We weren’t lying when we said they were crazy, were we?

The player at the top of the list is certainly an interesting one.

De Jong has been linked with a move away from the Camp Nou all summer but remains a Barcelona player. It’s no wonder he’s a little reluctant to leave