sport news Barcelona's salary cap limit is boosted by £694MILLION to £569m by LaLiga trends now
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Barcelona's ability to bring in a host of big name signings this summer has been brokered by a huge hike in their wages allowance from La Liga.
Following the January transfer window, Barca were the only team in the Spanish top-flight to have a negative salary cap at minus €144million (£125m) - essentially urging them to slash their wage bill.
But the Catalan giants have been given leeway this season to spend an incredible €656m (£569m) - a hike of £694m.
Barcelona have been given an incredible £484 rise in their salary cap allowance by LaLiga
Real Madrid remain the club with the biggest wage salary in Spain with £592 being allocated
That money has been used to bring in big names including Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Franck Kessie, Marcus Alonso, Hector Bellerin and Jules Kounde.
The club have had to be clever in managing those wages, and had to wait to register French defender Kounde for players to move on and reschedule contract bonuses in other contracts.
LaLiga's salary cap table was revealed on Friday and only shows Real Madrid above Barcelona, with Caro Ancelotti's men having a figure of €683 (£592m) - £46m down on last season's figure.
The Champions League holders had a modest summer by their
