<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span lang="ar">Barcelona bid farewell to the Spanish King's Cup after losing 4-2 to Athletic Bilbao in a quarter-final match yesterday, after the brothers Iñaki and Neco Williams scored two goals in extra time.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Athletic Bilbao took an early lead with two goals from Gorka Gorozeta in the first minute of the match, but Barcelona responded with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and Lamin Yamal in the 27th and 32nd minutes, and because of Oyhan Sunset's goal in the 49th minute, the match was extended to extra time.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Inaki Williams scored a goal for his team from a rebound in the second minute of extra time, before Neco Williams added the second goal in the last minute.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1280/720;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/0d752315-5f65-4d5a-9cbf-e44db18d9536.jpg" alt="Barcelona"></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><span lang="ar">Barcelona and Arsenal achieve the largest losses in transfer deals</span></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Barcelona, Chelsea and Arsenal suffered the largest losses in transfer deals in the world of football during the past ten years.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">An analysis by the International Center for Sports Studies revealed that the money spent and recovered was related to team players who were not graduates of the academy and who were contracted and transferred between 2014 and 2023.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:800/533;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a89a0082-6249-4f11-aa98-13b26c942471.jpg" ></figure><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><span lang="ar">Barcelona tops the list of the 50 biggest losers</span></span></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">Barcelona</span></a> <span lang="ar">topped</span> <span lang="ar">the list of the 50 biggest losers with 631 million euros, or approximately 540 million pounds sterling. The team paid 130 million pounds sterling to sign Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool, but sold him to Aston Villa for 17 million pounds sterling.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span lang="ar">Chelsea</span></a> , who have spent more than a billion pounds since Todd Boyle took over the club in May 2022, are not far <span lang="ar">behind</span> <span lang="ar">, losing 483 million euros (£413.2 million), while Arsenal ranks third with a loss of 436 million euros (£373 million). This is partly due to the signing of Nicolas Pepe for 72 million pounds and his departure on a free transfer to Turkish Trabzonspor.</span></p>