Saudi Crown Prince mulls €10 billion offer to buy Barcelona

By : Guardian Nigeria

Date: 15 December 2025 2:02am WAT

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman / Brendan Smialowski AFP/File

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman / Brendan Smialowski AFP/File

The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is reportedly interested in buying a stake in Barcelona, reports barcauniversal.com.   According to El Chiringuito’s Francois Gallardo, the Saudi Crown Prince is ready to make an offer worth €10 billion to buy the Catalan giants.   This will go in line with Saudi Arabia’s strategy to make further inroads into sports, either through direct investment or through the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF).   Gallardo points out that Barcelona have a debt of over €2.5 billion that will be difficult to pay off.   Taking that into account, the Saudi Crown Prince is ready to make a €10 billion bid to buy the club, which will theoretically grant him total control of the club.   However, such a deal is not possible, at least for clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid, which are run by socios.   Barcelona as an entity is owned by its socios or members, who would never allow the club to be acquired by a foreign entity. This is something that is highlighted by Gallardo as well.   Although the Saudi Arabian Investment Fund can technically invest in Barcelona if the club splits its entertainment arm, that won’t allow PIF to gain control of the club’s day-to-day operations.   A similar strategy is reportedly being considered by Real Madrid, with Florentino Perez open to splitting the club’s entertainment arm and footballing arm, and allowing offers for investors to invest in the entertainment arm.   This could be the only way the PIF can invest in Barcelona as well. But apart from that, it is almost unimaginable for Barcelona to be fully acquired by a foreign entity, let alone PIF.

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