It’s not a dish of good taste, but if it comes to seeing the positive, Barcelona could find it in the injury of Ronald Araujo. As stipulated by FIFA in the Player Protection Program, clubs whose players were injured during the selection period will be reimbursed 20,458 euros for each day they are out, as long as they exceed 28 days
The figure paid by FIFA is calculated taking into account the fixed salary of the player, without taking into account the variables, and can amount to about 7.5 million euros. Which equates to 365 days in the dry dock. It should be noted that about 80 million euros have been allocated for cases of this caliber
In the case that concerns us, the case of Ronald Araujo could fall into this group of victims. This morning, a summit was held between the footballer, the club’s medical services and the technical staff to determine whether the Portuguese is undergoing surgery or not
Thus, if Araujo stops for 30 days, he will enter Barcelona 613,740 euros. Some income which, if we look at the sports plane, does not at all compensate for the loss of the defensive pillar as in the case of Uruguay
If you are out for a month and a half (45 days), the figure will rise to €920,610. This is not the first time that Barcelona has made money for a cause of this nature. Without going any further, Dembele’s injury with the French national team during the European Championship amounted to more than 2.7 million euros to the Blaugrana coffers
