Barça loses the lawsuit against Nike and will not be able to break the bond without compensation

Four months ago, the president of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, informed in the media blaugrana that "to Nike said them that, in base to some incumplimientos that for us were flagarantes, we resolved the agreement. Had 45 days to compensate us, did not do it and communicate them that it resolved the agreement, to what they answered with some measures cautelares that we have answered".

The Catalan director did reference to the request of Nike to prevent the split of the agreement by part of the Barça, since the American multinational ensured that the intention of the entity culé was "to negotiate the current agreement of sponsorship and the procedure is an instrument of pressure for this". Besides, they requested that the Barcelonan club could not close an agreement with third (with Cougar to the expectation), measures cautelares that were accepted by the Mercantile Court of Barcelona.

Now, the 'Chain Be' has informed that the Audencia Providencial of Barcelona has failed in favour of Nike, by what the Barça will not be able to break the agreement that joins him with the American company until 2028 without previous compensation. The court has determined that, on the contrary of the sustained in the demand, the culés have not lost the confidence in his provider and only looked for to use this situation like strategy to negotiate a new agreement more beneficial and durable. Of the same form, the entity will not be able to interpose resource, desestimando like this the demand of the club.

Besides, the previously mentioned source added that the court does not consider that there has been incumplimientos by part of Nike in the bond signed by both parts and him prohibe to the Catalan institution 'break' unilaterally the agreement and sign alternative agreements with other marks until the end of the pact in 2028.

The agreement between Nike and Barça, increasingly near

The sentence of the Audencia Providencial of Barcelona arrives in the middle of the straight final of the negotiations between Nike and the Barça to close the definite agreement of sponsorship that will have validity during the next seasons. The entity blaugrana descartó the signature with a new provider and the creation of his own mark for his next equipaciones, by what is near of 'tighten the hands' with the American multinational and concretise the enlargement of a bond that began in 1998.