One club, its accounts, the model holding it together.
In 2021, Barcelona could not afford to keep Lionel Messi. Five years later it has won two league titles, crossed a billion euros in revenue for the first time and moved back into a rebuilt Camp Nou. The recovery is real. It was also paid for, in part, with income the club will not see for the next quarter of a century.
12 minClub FileEvery conversation about smart football ownership arrives at Brighton within about ninety seconds. Two record-breaking profits, players bought for nothing and sold for fortunes, a betting man's edge applied to recruitment, and the accounts confirm all of it.
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