The Classic warms up the engine. On October 26, one of the most important matches on the world football stage will be held. The Santiago Bernabéu stadium will host the first Clásico of the 2024-2025 seasonagainst Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona. Not only will the confrontation take place on the pitches, but the two clubs are also fighting a separate war in the offices.
Before the start of the game, Real Madrid CF has already won by one to zero, having overtaken their eternal rival in turnover in the 2023-2024 season. Specifically, the group came under the chairmanship of Florentino Pérez the first football club in the world to break the barrier of one billion euros in revenue.
Specifically, Real Madrid CF recorded a turnover of 1,073 million euros in 2023-202427% more than the previous year. The unprecedented income was a net result of sixteen million euros.
For her, FC Barcelona was more than a hundred million away from matching the white teamwith 893 million euros of turnover in 2023-2024. Despite an income level of almost a billion dollars, the Blaugrana club closed last season with losses of 91 million euros.
Real Madrid CF recorded a turnover of 1,073 million euros in 2023-2024
Through partners and stadiums, Real Madrid CF made a budgeted income for 2023-2024 of 317,988 million euros (an amount that may vary in relation to the closure; however, the corresponding annual accounts have not yet been published by the white club), and closed FC Barcelona. the course with 126 million euros generated through the Estadi Lluís Companies.
In fact, this is one of the crucial points for the Laporta board, since they consider that The move to Montjuïc during the renovation works at Spotify Camp Nou significantly reduced the annual accounts for 2023-2024. FC Barcelona estimates that revenue will be around 250 million euros per season after returning to its normal stadium.
Madrid CF had an estimated income of 340,313 million euros through the commercial area for last season, an amount that will be higher after the new agreement with HP to be the team’s sleeve sponsor. The American company specialized in computer production spends around seventy million euros a year to be present on the team of the white club, so this title would have a shot of up to 400 million euros.
FC Barcelona hope to sign a new contract with Nike in the coming months
FC Barcelona has one of the biggest increases year on year in the commercial area. The club has recorded an income of 74 million euros, an amount that could increase to 446 million euros in 2024-2025. In that budget Under this heading, FC Barcelona includes the new sponsorship contract with Nike, which has had a tug-of-war in recent months. The club also hopes that BLM, the subsidiary that operates the mechanization blaugrana, generate more income, with the entry of new partners.
The Blaugrana club closes the gap on the financial scoreboard with the sale of audiovisual rights. Although Real Madrid CF expected a billing of 172,660 million euros through the broadcasting, The Blaugrana team has earned 243 million euros in this concept. However, what the Madrid club gets could be different after reaching (and winning) the Champions League final, as well as playing in the Spanish Super Cup.
Jump on the pitches, both Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona have squads with an added value of more than a billion eurosaccording to the classification Kantar BrandZ. The white team has a squad worth 1,137 million euros, while the Blaugrana club is only 122 million euros behind the eternal rival, with a valuation of 1,015 million euros.
The white club has invested more than 800 million in the remodeling of the Santiago Bernabéu, compared to FC Barcelona’s 1,500 million for Espai Barça
What both clubs have in common is their stadium remodeling projects. Real Madrid CF budgeted an outlay of 575 million euros to remodel the Santiago Bernabéu, repaid over a period of thirty years with a fixed interest of 2.5%, to restore the white fiefdom. In addition, a loan of an additional 225 million euros is available, increasing the investment to complete the works to up to 800 million euros, which the club has already used up.
For her, FC Barcelona closed 1,450 million euros to finance Espai Barça with a total of twenty investors. It should be noted that the Blaugrana project includes not only the renovation of the Spotify Camp Nou, but also the new Palau Blaugrana and other areas, such as the club museum.
The Blaugrana club explained that the entire debt will be paid by a securitization fund. FC Barcelona has set three return deadlines, which will have a two-year grace period to start repaying the loan. In five years, starting in 2026, it has to pay out 583 million euros, between the seven and nine years after that, 477 million euros more, and the other 390 million euros can be returned until 2050 .