Revealed: Barcelona owe over €200m in transfer fees to the likes of Leeds, Man City & Bayern for players such as Raphinha, Ferran Torres & Robert Lewandowski

The Liga giants have continued to splash out on big-money recruits despite enduring much-publicised financial difficulties. Those struggles prevented them from agreeing a new contract with Lionel Messi back in 2021, leading to the legendary Argentine leaving for Paris Saint-Germain.

Barca have found ways to put other deals in place, but ARA reports that they have eye-watering debts on the transfer front. The Blaugrana are due to shell out just under €90m (£78m/$95m) over the course of the next 12 months, but will still have a further €120m (£104m/$127m) to pay out to Leeds, City, Bayern and Sevilla beyond that point.

Barca are reportedly about to pay Ajax €16m (£14m/$17m) for Frenkie de Jong, while small amounts are still owed on deals for Neto Muraua, Jean-Clair Todibo, Emerson Royal, Junior Firpo, and Miralem Pjanic. In the case of Pjanic, the Catalan outfit have to send funds to four different clubs.

In the short-term, Barca owe €24m (£21m/$25m) to Leeds for Raphinha, €13m (£11m/$14m) to City for Ferran Torres and €10m (£9m/$11m) to Bayern for Lewandowski, with €38m (£33m/$40m), €26m (£22m/$27m) and €21m (£18m/$22m) due to be paid in those respective deals on a longer term basis. The Blaugrana must also find another €36m (£31m/$38m) for Jules Kounde, while they will bring in funds from Sporting and Atletico Madrid for Francisco Trincao and Antoine Griezmann.