First Barcelona 16-17 Kits to Be Sold Without Sponsor?
FC Barcelona vice president Carlos Arroyo announced that the first FC Barcelona 2016-17 Kits will be sold without sponsor as the Catalan club has not signed a new sponsorship deal yet. FC Barcelona's sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways expires after the end of the season.
First Barcelona Shirts Will Be Sold Without Sponsor
Carlos Arroyo also announced that there will be a shirt sponsor next season.
However, while FC Barcelona vice president Carlos Arroyo announced that the club talked with Nike and that the first shirts will go on sale without a sponsor on the front, he also declared that there will be a shirt sponsor next season.
Arroyo (vice president): "There will be a shirt sponsor next season. We talked with Nike, first shirts will be sold without sponsor." [catr]
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) March 17, 2016
Barcelona's vice president also said the Catalan radio station catradio that the new FC Barcelona 16-17 Home Kit will be a tribute to the first European Cup win 25 years ago.
Arroyo (vice president): Shirt of next season will be a tribute to the first European Cup win 25 years ago, at Wembley in 1992." [catradio]
— barcastuff (@barcastuff) March 17, 2016
Highest-valued Sponsorship Deals in European football
| Club | Sponsor | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | Chevrolet | £47m |
| Chelsea | Yokohama Rubber | £40m |
| Arsenal | Emirates | £30m |
| Liverpool | Standard Chartered | £30m |
| Bayern Munich | Deutsche Telekom | £23.6m (€32m) |
| Barcelona | Qatar Airways | £23.4m (€31.8m) |
| Real Madrid | Emirates | £22m (€30m) |
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