João Félix has been paid a relatively tiny wage during his time at Barcelona

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that João Félix has been paid a relatively tiny wage during his time at Barcelona.

The Portuguese is said to have accepted a small salary offer before completing his loan move to Barcelona during the summer transfer window.

The details of his salary have now been revealed, with the club set to offer Joao Felix a significant pay rise.

The new salary is not set to impact Barcelona’s FFP targets and the club’s vice-president Eduard Romeu confirmed the change and hailed Felix’s professionalism.

He told Spanish outlet L’Esportiu: ‘It’s true, Joao Felix has reduced his salary to €400,000 (£345,000) to join. It is the case of a person who has made a very important effort to join. 

‘It’s very nice to see this from a guy who was probably not at his best at his club, but here he has been magnificent.

‘Make no mistake about it, however, the club that gave Felix to us has an interest in this being a great showcase. Hopefully, at the end of the year, we will have the conflict of having to consider his continuity.’

Felix – who joined Atletico for €127m (£113m) in 2019 – still has six years left on his contract with the club.

He spent the second half of last season on loan with Chelsea, with the Blues covering his wages in full and forking out an £11m loan fee. Barcelona have used what have come to be described as various “economic levers” to fix reported debts of more than £1 billion. 

According to reports from Daily Mail, Barcelona’s financial issues over the past several years have progressed after selling off resources like product revenue and potential TV rights.

According to the reports, Felix, who was eager to leave Atletico, was forced to agree to the low starting salary in order to complete the transaction. This equates to just £6,635 per-week, which is small fry for an elite footballer and much less than the reported several hundreds of thousands of pounds per-week his team-mates earn. 

The report goes on to claim Felix, who was desperate to move on from Atletico, was required to accept the small initial wage in order to get the deal done. 

Within the contract, there was a stipulation that his salary would be increased once Barcelona’s financial status allowed it.

This is now the case with Felix’s annual wages to bump up to €4million (£3.45million) for the rest of his season-long loan, with this measured as a 900 per cent increase.

However, his new salary of £66,345 per-week is still dramatically lower than the €280,000 per-week (£250,000) contract he was reportedly on at Atletico, and the 23-year-old admitted recently he had ‘given up a significant amount of money’ to make the move.