La Liga 2008/2009

[Mõnuagent 007]

Kui pool kooseisu maha müüakse, siis äkki on noortel võimalus?

Need on ka ju maha müüdud.

[Mask]

Need on ka ju maha müüdud.

Reservidest pole noori andekaid tulemas?

[mcnamara]

Ehk oskab keegi asjatundja kõnelda, kust need Hispaania tippklubide põhjatud rahakirstud pärinevad? Enam-vähem olen teadlik Inglise esineliku tohututest võlgadest, kuidas seal lõuna pool sellega on?

[WeThePeople]

Reali võlad peaks praegu võrduma Manu ja Chelsea omadega. Nagu õige fänn kunagi, enda poikade kohta ei oska midagi öelda.

[Bob_Loblaw]

Ehk oskab keegi asjatundja kõnelda, kust need Hispaania tippklubide põhjatud rahakirstud pärinevad? Enam-vähem olen teadlik Inglise esineliku tohututest võlgadest, kuidas seal lõuna pool sellega on?

Äkki see aitab.

10kümme101

[Nohik]

Ehk oskab keegi asjatundja kõnelda, kust need Hispaania tippklubide põhjatud rahakirstud pärinevad? Enam-vähem olen teadlik Inglise esineliku tohututest võlgadest, kuidas seal lõuna pool sellega on?

Hispaanias sebib iga klubi ise oma telelepingud seega Barça ja Franco meeskond teenivad rohkem kui, Premieri satsid, kes seda jagama peavad. Samuti voeti Kaka ja Miss Portugali ostmiseks laenu.

Bob su link on surnud.

[Bob_Loblaw]

Bob su link on surnud.

minul avab väga edukalt!

[intz]

Ehk oskab keegi asjatundja kõnelda, kust need Hispaania tippklubide põhjatud rahakirstud pärinevad? Enam-vähem olen teadlik Inglise esineliku tohututest võlgadest, kuidas seal lõuna pool sellega on?

Et siis Barca seis aasta tagasi oli selline. Kuna ka tiitlid tulid, siis nii suurusjärk 150-170 mil eur võiks veel võlga olla.

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/club/temporada08-09/07/n080704104817.html

Kui hispaania keelt oskad, siis põhjalik ülevaade 2007-2008 kohta

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/downloads/sala_premsa/memoria/2008/MEMORIA_BARCA_CAST.pdf

[Nohik]

minul avab väga edukalt!

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From The Times
June 4, 2009
How Real Madrid can afford to buy Kaká
Gabriele Marcotti, European Football Correspondent

Now that Florentino Pérez appears to have delivered on his election promise and Kaká is bound for the Bernabéu, you may be wondering just how Real Madrid's business model allows them to compete with the Premier League.

Without a Russian oligarch or Arab sheikh, where do Real find the money to outspend everyone? For a start, Real are a massive club, with possibly the biggest footballing brand name in the world. Not coincidentally, they have topped Deloitte's Money League for each of the past four seasons and they've done so despite doing poorly in the Champions League.

They have the third-highest average attendance in Europe and while their stadium revenue cannot compete with Manchester United, it still packs a punch. They have been extremely aggressive in pursuing sponsorship opportunities, including overseas tours (on several occasions they have held pre-season training camps in places such as Vietnam and China).

Anything else going for them? Oh yes. Their domestic television contract is by far the richest in the world. They are also helped greatly by tax legislation - originally intended for overseas bankers and executives - that allows their foreign players to pay tax at about 23 per cent for the first five years that they are in the country.

This means that, in headline figures, if they want to pay Kaká £8 million after tax, it would cost them less than £10 million a year, whereas it would cost United £16 million (thanks to the new 50p top marginal rate introduced at the last Budget). Over five years, that's a difference of £30 million.

Finally, there's Real's status as, effectively, a non-profit social trust. This means they do not need to generate £30 million a year just to service their debt (like United).

Whatever debt they hold (and detail here is murky) is with local banks, many of whom are under political and social pressure not to tighten the screws. Real are too big and too important to fail or to come under the kind of debt pressures that affect traditional clubs. The club's social, political and economic significance dwarfs that of any other club in the world, with the possible exception of Barcelona. In that sense, they play by a different set of rules.

Just how much is their TV contract worth? Well, according to the club, in 2006 they signed a seven-year deal with MediaPro guaranteeing €1.1 billion (now about £956 million) for their domestic league TV rights. At least, that's Real's version of events: MediaPro has never disclosed the figure and some dispute the amount. But, if it is true, they earn £135 million a season from their domestic league rights, more than twice what United receive.

How does the structure of the club differ from other leading sides? Real are one of four Spanish clubs - the others are Barcelona, Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao - who were exempted from a 1991 law forcing teams to become plcs. This means they hold regular elections to determine who will lead the club. The president then selects his board and appoints his men to key positions within the club.

So what do you need to do to get elected? To stand for election you have to be a Spanish citizen who has been a club member for at least ten years. And, crucially, you have to submit a deposit equal to 15 per cent of the club's budget, or about £50 million. (But you don't need to come up with the cash yourself, you just need a bank to vouch for you.) Once that's done, you campaign, just like in any other election, and, ultimately, it's the members who decide.

Now that Pérez has been elected, does he have to fund the club? No. In fact, he's not allowed to. He simply runs the club. Of course, Pérez is one of the wealthiest men in Europe, with wide-ranging business interests. No doubt he can leverage them to help the club, particularly when it comes to their relationship with banks and sponsors. Ultimately, though, he cannot finance the club. And, of course, he's not supposed to benefit from it financially.

Real's top five transfers

1. Kaká, from AC Milan, 2009, £56.2million. “God's Footballer” preferred Madrid to Manchester.
2. Zinédine Zidane, Juventus, 2001, £45.6million. “Zizou” shattered the world transfer record (and the hearts of Juventus fans).
3. Luís Figo, Barcelona, 2000, £38 million. Signing him was Florentino Pérez's election promise.
4. Ronaldo, Inter Milan, 2002, £30 million. The “Phenomenon” was signed after his comeback from injury at the 2002 World Cup, when he helped Brazil to become world champions.
5. David Beckham, Manchester United, 2003, £25 million. “Goldenballs” snubbed Barcelona to join Real, increasing his status as a commercial juggernaut while helping them to secure a league title in 2007.