The difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid's salary budget

Real Madrid once again have more money to spend on wages after each LaLiga club's salary cap was revealed. 

In a continued bid to close the gap between the richest clubs and the more modest clubs, the limit for clubs in each of Spain's top two leagues has been revealed, although it's Real Madrid's budget which once again is the biggest. 

According to the data reporduced by 'Palco22', through various sources, Madrid can spend 419 million euros on the components of their first team squad. It's a drop of 2.8 per cent in relation to last season, although this year's figures reportedly do not include all the club's sections, but just the first team. 

Barcelona (390 million euros) and follow Atletico Madrid (182 million euros) follow Los Blancos, although the Catalan club have seen a reduction from last season's 421 million euros.  

As reported Palco23, "Barcelona has dropped 7.9 per cent compared to the information available from 2015-2016. There are several reasons to explain this situation, but two stand out. Madrid generate more money via ordinary business (excluding transfers) than their rival, who must also spend much more money to support the deficit generated by sections like basketball and handball."

Here is the ranking (millions of euros):

Real Madrid

• 2016/2017         419,3
• 2015/2016         431,3
• 2014/2015         328

FC Barcelona

• 2016/2017        390,7
• 2015/2016        421,9
• 2014/2015        347,9

Atlético de Madrid

• 2016/2017        182,8
• 2015/2016        159,6
• 2014/2015        105

Valencia CF

• 2016/2017         129,7
• 2015/2016         122,8
• 2014/2015         73

Sevilla FC

• 2016/2017         123,8
• 2015/2016         105,1
• 2014/2015         78,6

Villarreal

• 2016/2017         76,9
• 2015/2016         61,5
• 2014/2015         44,2  

Athletic Club

• 2016/2017         61,4
• 2015/2016        53,7
• 2014/2015        49,9

Real Sociedad

• 2016/2017         56,7
• 2015/2016        56,6
• 2014/2015        38,9

RCD Espanyol

• 2016/2017         47,4
• 2015/2016         30,6
• 2014/2015         32,3

Real Betis

• 2016/2017         44,6
• 2015/2016         39,2
• 2014/2015         13,6

Málaga CF

• 2016/2017         43,1
• 2015/2016        28,7
• 2014/2015        27,5

Celta de Vigo

• 2016/2017         39,3
• 2015/2016         22,6
• 2014/2015        18,7

Granada CF

• 2016/2017         31,9
• 2015/2016         25,3
• 2014/2015         22,8

Leganés

• 2016/2017         30,2
• 2015/2016         4,6
• 2014/2015         2,7

Alavés

• 2016/2017         28,6
• 2015/2016        4,8
• 2014/2015        3,5

Deportivo de la Coruña

• 2016/2017         24,7
• 2015/2016        17,8
• 2014/2015        15,3

Las Palmas UD

• 2016/2017         24,6
• 2015/2016        18,5
• 2014/2015        4,8

SD Eibar

• 2016/2017         23,5
• 2015/2016         19,1
• 2014/2015         12,8

Sporting de Gijón

• 2016/2017         21,3
• 2015/2016         14,6
• 2014/2015         5,1

Osasuna

• 2016/2017         15,6
• 2015/2016         4,4
• 2014/2015         7,9