Real Madrid Spending Limit Rises as FC Barcelona’s is Cut by Spain’s La Liga

Spain’s top-flight football competition cut the amount FC Barcelona can spend on its squad while allowing its arch rival Real Madrid to dole out more on paying its stars.

Barcelona will be allowed to invest €270 million ($288 million) in paying for talent after a review of club spending limits, compared with a €656.5 million cap last season, Javier Gomez, LaLiga’s director general, said at a news conference in Madrid on Thursday.