Suddenly, after years defined by the inability to compete in the transfer market due to a precarious financial situation, Barcelona are spending big this summer and have been the main protagonists of the summer window so far. What changed?
Just days after the end of 2025–26, England international Anthony Gordon landed in Catalonia as Barcelona’s first summer reinforcement for a fee worth $93.2 million (€80 million). To put this in perspective, the defending Spanish champions had spent just a little over $105 million (€88 million) in transfers since the start of the Hansi Flick era.
