LaLiga would fund Sevilla if relegated — club says player contracts would not be cut

Sevilla’s problem is no longer just football. It’s football plus payroll. The club is still trying to avoid relegation on the pitch, but the bigger fear sitting behind that fight is simple: dropping into Segunda would slash income fast, while many player contracts would keep paying top-flight money. LaLiga has a support mechanism for relegated clubs, so this is not a total cliff edge. But it is not a magic fix either. (dazn.com) ### Why is this suddenly a money story? Because Sevilla are in the drop zone late in the season. As of April 26, DAZN’s table had Sevilla 18th with 34 points after 33 matches, behind Mallorca on 35 and Alavés on 36. Once a club is this deep in danger, the conversation stops being abstract. People start asking what relegation would actually do to the books, not just the badge. (dazn.com) ### What is the “LaLiga fund” here? Basically, it’s the cushion relegated clubs get when they fall out of the top division. Spain’s system is meant to soften the first hit from losing Primera-level TV money. That is why this is not a story about Sevilla getting nothing if they go down. They would get help. But the catch is that the help only cushions the landing — it does not recreate a LaLiga revenue base in Segunda. (elportal24.com) ### Why wouldn’t that be enough? Because the revenue gap is huge. One Sevilla-focused report framed it bluntly: clubs in Segunda are sharing a much smaller slice of the TV pie, with top-flight football still taking the overwhelming majority. Another pointed out that Sevilla collected €385.6 milli(elportal24.com)ithout pain. (muchodeporte.com) ### So what’s the real trap? The contracts. A lot of the squad was built and renewed when Sevilla still behaved like a European-caliber club. That means wages were set for a team expecting LaLiga income and, in some cases, continental ambitions. Reports around the club say several first-team deals do not include(muchodeporte.com)laries. That is the nasty version of relegation. (muchodeporte.com) ### How big is the wage bill? Public estimates are imperfect, but they show the scale. Capology puts Sevilla’s 2025-26 estimated gross fixed first-team wages at €64.8 million, with estimated total wages plus bonuses above €81 million. Those are not official club numbers, but they are useful for one point: Sevilla are not carrying a lightweight squad cost that would be easy to absorb in Segunda. (capology.com) ### Which contracts stand out? One example getting attention is Tanguy Nianzou. A Sevilla report says his package is especially hard to move and was signed without a relegation wage-reduction clause, because he arrived when the club still expected to compete near the top. That same report says his salary keeps rising year to year. Whether or not he is the single biggest problem, he shows t(capology.com)ry fast. (muchodeporte.com) ### Is this only about one bad season? No — that’s why fans are so uneasy. Sevilla’s sporting slide has been going on long enough that the club has already burned through a lot of room for error. If relegation happened now, it would hit a team that is already financially strained, not one starting from a position of comfort. The support fund would buy time. It would not solve the structure. (muchodeporte.com) ### Bottom line Sevilla are not “protected” from relegation in any meaningful sense. They may get a financial cushion from LaLiga, but if the contracts stay heavy and the TV money falls away, the club would still face a brutal reset. (elportal24.com)