15 Aug 2017 09:33:52
ED002 do you believe Barcelona have the finances to obtain both Dembele and Coutinho? Apparently the Dembele deal is edging closer.

{Ed002's Note - Yes.}

1.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 10:05:42
Really even after spending 35 million on Paulinho?

{Ed002's Note - Yes.}

2.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 10:20:51
Lol Why do some people sounds like a west ham or Crystal palace? I mean c'mon Barcelona has money! No matter how much they pay to keep Messi and Suarez at the club! They are not a "Sell to buy club". Why are people surprised at Barcelona spending. Did they not splash €40 mill on Gomes and £30 mill on Turan lately?

{Ed001's Note - but they are selling to buy. If Barca had not offloaded Neymar, they would not be buying Coutinho or Dembele this window.}

3.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 10:35:26
They were willing to spend circa 100 million Euros on Veratti, pre-Neymar transfer. I think they've got enough.

{Ed001's Note - only because they were looking to offload a significant number of players to fund the deal. They have money issues of their own, which the loss of Neymar has gone a long way towards fixing. His wages were a major burden on the club.}

4.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 10:39:14
Barca are not broke. They just have more money now due to the Neymar dough.

{Ed001's Note - technically they are in financial difficulties, which is why they have had to amend their own constitution repeatedly in recent years to allow a higher percentage of wages to turnover and to allow the club to carry a larger debt. If they have a down year financially, ie an early exit from the Champions League, then they are in serious trouble. However, this being Barca, they can carry as much debt as they want because no Spanish bank will call it in.}

5.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 10:57:24
Thankfully Dembele is not a LFC player, otherwise everyone would lose it. He won't talk to anyone from Dortmund and apperently he is allready in barcelona and waiting for the conformation. Dortmund want €130-150mil but Barcelona only offered €90mil+€20mil add ons.

If Barcelona splashes €150mil on him + €30mil on Paulinho they would still have €40mil left from the Neymar deal alone. As far as i know Barcelona haven't been that active and could add another €110mil on the remaining €40mil for the coutinho deal.

6.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 11:04:40
Barca could certainly afford one star signing every summer in the bracket of £70 mill regardless of Neymar! Now they have adequate money to buy which would rise even higher if they could offflod a few of their fringe players.

7.) 15 Aug 2017
15 Aug 2017 11:07:29
Aren't Barcelona in like the top 5 teams with the most debt in probably the whole of the footballing world?

{Ed001's Note - I have no idea.}