La Liga's "Mero era" has come to an end, and the two teams have entered the stage of rebuilding in the later stages. However, there is a big gap in the pace and process of rebuilding, not to mention that the two teams have been temporarily pulled apart in terms of results, just from the perspective of salary structure, Barcelona has wantonly given high salaries and high transfer fees in the past few seasons to recruit, which has affected the construction of their team. The English media has counted the players with relatively high salaries in La Liga, and the salaries of Barcelona players have reached a very exaggerated level.
In the list of La Liga's annual salaries, Barcelona's De Jong and Lewandowski are the top two with an annual salary of 37.5 million euros and 33.5 million euros before tax, followed by Mbappe's 31.6 million euros and Alaba 22.5 million euros, and Atletico Madrid's goalkeeper Oblak is ranked 5th with 20.8 million euros. In fact, there is a problem with the salaries of these players, Barcelona's salary pressure alone has overwhelmed the team in the past few seasons, which is the key reason why the news of De Jong's departure has been reported every summer.
The reason why De Jong and Lewandowski's salaries far exceed those of other players is that one of the key reasons is Barcelona's salary model, they share the player's salary each season through contract renewal, and reduce the salary expenditure in the early stage, but in the later stage, this part of the salary will appear very exaggerated figures, which eventually leads to the club having to continue to renew the contract sharing, if the player does not agree, Barcelona has no way to solve this problem. Whether it is Lewandowski or De Jong, it is because of this salary model that they can get such a high salary.
Barcelona has been limited in the summer of the last two seasons due to salary space problems, and even the team's registration has been greatly affected, and Laporta is also working hard to solve this problem, but the effect is not particularly obvious. Whether it is Lewandowski or De Jong, they have rejected Barcelona's request to continue to renew their contract, and the players asked the club to pay their salaries, even if Barcelona wants to sell these two players, but because of the problem of high salaries, the team's transfer cannot be completed smoothly, which has become a chronic problem for Barcelona, and it will take at least 2 seasons to solve.
Although Mbappe's salary is high, but also considering that he joined as a free agent, the club does not need to pay too much transfer fee, and from the news of Spain media, Mbappe's signing fee can also be paid in installments, and Real Madrid will also compensate in terms of salary. Judging from the current situation, Real Madrid's salary structure is undoubtedly more reasonable, although concessions have been made in terms of image rights, but at least the addition of top stars like Mbappe has not broken the balance of Real Madrid's salary structure.