FC Barcelona: "Since 14/03/2020 we have missed out on €200m!" (Josep Maria Bartomeu)

"Since 14/03/2020 we have not received a euro. We have missed out on €200m! We are closing the year. We have recovered a lot by reducing wages and using ERTE's (Spanish temporary redundancy, with the government paying 70% of wages). We have had to close the shops and the museum, there have been no ticket sales. We have paid back the ticket money for matches fans couldn't attend. €200m is a big blow," said Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander), on 26/07/2020.

FC Barcelona's socios assembly had voted a provisional budget of €1.047bn for the 2019-20 season on 06/10/2019. This budget, the highest ever approved by a football club, was the first to expect to exceed €1bn in revenue. It was a continuation of the 2018-19 season, during which FC Barcelona posted revenues of €990m (+7.6% compared to 2017-18), the highest in the club's history.

"In our Strategic Plan we had planned on earning €1.1bn (in 2020-21) and now we will bring in 30% less because of Covid-19. If someone thinks that the pandemic does not affect Barca, they are wrong. It affects the big…