Barcelona have confirmed the completion of the sale of VIP seats inside the new Camp Nou stadium, which they insist will allow them to secure La Liga registrations for Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.
With Olmo and Victor's previous registrations set to expire on December 31, Barcelona have struck a deal A section of the seats was sold for 120 million eurosWhich would have given them the financial freedom needed to re-register players before the deadline.
Barcelona claimed they had submitted evidence of the sale to La Liga before Olmo and Victor's registrations expired, but this argument was rejected by league officials, who blocked the re-registration of the pair.
An appeal has since been submitted to the Spanish government, which… Both Olmo and Victor were granted temporary registrations While they were examining the case.
in public, Barcelona They have now concluded the seat sale, and issued a statement confirming their compliance with league rules in a bid to raise the funds required for Olmo and Victor's registrations.
An official statement read: “FC Barcelona announces the sale of VIP seats at Spotify Camp Nou.” “The club has been working on the process over recent months and it has ultimately proven essential for returning to compliance with La Liga’s Financial Fair Play rules.
“The sales model for VIP seating – the Personal Seat License (PSL) – represents a change in approach to how hospitality product sales are managed, and is more in line with trends already being implemented by other sporting organizations around the world, particularly in the USA. For For America, this process means creating new intangible assets based on this new business model, where investors buy a VIP seat, which they can then either sell or use for themselves.
“This means reducing any risk to the club during the sale process for these types of seats, as income is guaranteed for the duration of the sale, and investors first pay upfront for a license to use the seat for the duration of the sale.” Contact, and 2) VIP seat price per season.
“The club has concluded purchases of 475 seats for a maximum period of 30 years with various investors from the Middle East, a region where these types of products are in high demand. At the request of investors, these transactions contain confidentiality clauses aimed at maintaining a competitive advantage.” For investor groups in the hospitality sector and VIP products, this approach has also been adopted with the club's other financial operations (such as the financing of Espai Barca), and both investor groups have undergone a mandatory audit in advance, with both receiving positive reports from the club's Compliance Department and Economic Committee.
“The documents relevant to these agreements were sent to La Liga before midnight on 31 December 2024.
“The benefits resulting from granting permission to use this new product will enable the club to provide Espai Barca investors with a significant proportion of the debt amount incurred for Spotify Camp Nou before the end of the first scheduled repayment period during the 2025/26 season.”
