Debt restructuring is successful! Spanish media: Laporta plans to raise another 708 million euros for Barcelona

July 13th According to Western media Culemanía, Laporta plans to raise 708 million euros for Barcelona.

FC Barcelona received a life-saving money and successfully reorganized its debt of 424 million euros from Espai Barça loan. The funds injected by Goldman Sachs and 20 other investors will still be repaid in three phases.

club chairman Laporta has delayed repayment of most of the funds originally due in June 2028. From now on, the amount to be repaid for the first phase due has been reduced to 208 million euros. As the repayment period is extended to more than 10 years, the amount due in the third phase increased to 786.8 million euros.

The latest positive news in the financial sector of the Catalan entity eased concerns among lenders, who agreed to lower interest rates to 5.19%. Club Barcelona plans to refinance three to four times in the first and second phases of €708.2 million, according to club sources to Culemanía. The principal repayment period for the above-mentioned renegotiation is from 2028 to 2032. Regardless of interest repayment of loans, Barcelona has used 1.495 billion euros to borrow.

Barcelona has passed its first "critical moment". Initially, the repayment plan was set to begin after the end of the grace period of 5 years after financing, i.e. 2028. As of that period, Barcelona owed 615 million euros, of which 122 million euros came from two bonds issued on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

The interest rate for the initial bond issuance is 6.01%, and the interest rate for the second bond issuance is 6.92%. This is very different from the 5.19% interest rate obtained after the extension and the 208 million euro repayment in 2028. The first-term repayment amount is no longer unbearable, but the club does not intend to repay it in one lump sum. The second loan, with a term of 6 to 9 years, covers 2029 to 2032, and remains at 500 million yuan. All principal repaid due to the extension has been transferred to the third phase, namely 2033 to 2050, and therefore repaid from year 10. The repayment amount in this third phase increased from 36.28 billion to 78.68 billion.

Club Barcelona acknowledged that when market conditions are "favorable", they will seek refinancing again. In June 2025, the European Central Bank (ECB) lowered interest rates for major financing operations and marginal lending facilities to 2% and 2.15%, respectively.