The FC Barcelona and Nike have very advanced the agreement to continue a union that initiated in 1998. To concretise , the Barcelona interests would see highly benefited, even with the Barcelona T-shirt being able to be the best paid of the market if they take into account all the variable that will remain reflected in the agreement, as it informs 'Sportive World'.
The information besides signals that both parts are near to seal an agreement that will result historical for the Barça after so many months of negotiation. The conversations with the North American mark have been to charge of the president Joan Laporta, and of the executive director of Nike, John Donahoe, ones that expect that they can close during the next month.
The Barça advances in the correct direction for a big renewal
However, one of the points that still has to resolve is the length of the agreement. The Barça wanted to expand the renewal by 10 years more, until 2034, but Nike wished to lengthen it by 15 years, until the 2039, remembering that the current agreement has other four years. As it is used to suceder in this type of cases, everything could finish signing by a half point, in this case by 12 years, until the 2036.
But it is important to highlight that between the already closed points by the two parts is the premium of renewal of 150 millions for the Barça. Besides, the club ensures a fixed by season that rondaría the 90 millions, more the bonus, and has achieved to remove the penalties that had up to now, like receiving less money if it did not reach, for example, the quarter-finals of the Champions. From now, the Barça would earn a fixed without conditionings and would keep bonus by sportive and commercial aims.
Besides, the Barcelona club has modified the agreement with Nike regarding the clauses liberatorias. To date, the Barça could not break with the North American mark in case of incumplimiento of agreement and now would achieve that, in case that the signature of Oregon do not fulfil, the Catalan team can terminate without need to attend to the courts, a measure that already took the past year.
The new T-shirt of the Barça, still pending of announcement
Another point in which they have worked the culés is in the can sell his T-shirt further of his official shops, something that still is not enclosed, but that from the Barcelona dispatches try to complete to be able to sell from other points, especially of on-line way. It is necessary to remember also that the presentation of the T-shirt of the next season, the one of the 125 anniversary, has suffered a delay and will put up for sale in two or three weeks, everything because of a bad impression of the company by some details of design on the anniversary that defined a bit afterwards.