La Liga had a relatively quiet transfer window in January, with real betis the only large movers in the winter period, which were great to get Cucho Hernandez from Columbus Crew. As such, it is no surprise that there have not been many big shifts in the salary limits of La Liga clubs since the figures were last released in September.
Barcelona were the Big Risers, because they added € 37 million to their salary limit, which was already the second largest in the division behind Real Madrid, and is now € 463 million. A number of clubs have reported small increases in their salary limits, but Alaves were the largest in the percentage. The extra € 7.5 million represents an increase of 21%, mainly earned to the € 5.5 million in sale for Maroan Sannadi to Athletic Club and Stoichkov to Granada.
There was also little change in Segunda. Barcelona sold another € 100 million assets at the end of December – although La Liga has doubted the source of those funds – and La Liga President Javier Tebas has confirmed that they are now within their salary limit a few years ago.
In the meantime, the Athletic Club, Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Real Valladolid and Girona have all experienced an increase of € 4-5 million. Only four sides in La Liga have seen a decrease in their salary limit, although in the case of Las Palmas and Leganes they were relatively small in terms of amount.
That is also the case for Espanyol, who only saw a drop of € 900K, but as their limit remains € 7.8 million, this means that they spend well above their limit this season. Their clear partners are Seville in that respect. Their drop of € 1.8 million leaves their limit behind just € 684K, a clear illustration of their financial struggle since he stopped from Europe. In the January window, Sevilla spent € 5.5 million on Akor Adams in the front and another € 2.5 million in Ronald Vargas, while Gonzalo Montiel left for € 4.5 million back to the river plate.
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