League says Barcelona is $157 million over spending limit

By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s spending power has been reduced again and the club heads into the next transfer window more than $157 million over its limit. Barcelona is the only club in the first and second divisions of Spain with a negative spending limit after the Spanish league updated its figures following the winter transfer window. Real Madrid is at the top of the list with a cap of $809 million. Barcelona’s limit was further reduced this year because the club’s losses were nearly $262 million greater than what the league had estimated.