The FC Barcelona has found a momentary break for his hard economic moment, given by the brutal crisis that has left in the world the pandemia of covid-19. Said puff of air (and of money) has arrived to the club thanks to that the same has confirmed that Rakuten, sponsor main of the same, will follow sponsoring to the team at least during a year more.
In effect, Rakuten will follow joined to the Barcelona like Main Global Partner and Partner Global of Innovation and Entertainment. Of equal way, the logo of the mark will continue being part of the frontal part of the T-shirt blaugrana, as well as in some spaces of the façade of the stadium.
Of this way, the Catalan picture has ensured an entry of 55 million euros by part of the Japanese company. The same keeps the same to the that had been receiving the club by part of his sponsor, at least from the last years, but ensures in one of the most precarious moments of the history of the entity. Economically speaking.
The agreement with Rakuten, work of Bartomeu
Although, the Directive chaired by Josep María Bartomeu went widely criticised during the last months, given the critical moments that lived the FC Barcelona, one of the last actions of the same before the resignation of the now ex-president was to close the agreement with Rakuten to keep to the company like sponsor by a year more.
Further to be the renewal one of the last moved of his mandate, the main agreement between Rakuten and the Barcelona was one of the high points of the management of Bartomeu. Thanks to the agreement, the club happened to obtain 33 million euros to the year for having an advertising relation with Qatar Airways, to achieve the 55 millions that at present ingresa by his sponsorship with the Japanese association.