BARCELONA’S first kit of £200million deal has been leaked with vertical stripes running down the front of the shirt.
The Catalan club has agreed a deal with Japanese company Rakuten to replace Qatar Airways.
The four-year deal with the electronic commerce and Internet company kicks off next season but the first shirt has been revealed.
Barca will pocket around £50m-per-season and land bonuses for winning the La Liga title or Champions League.
But they will still be trailing well behind Manchester United whose deal with Chevrolet earns them £60m-a-year.
Down the centre of the shirt there are thick claret lines from waist to neck and the stripes thin out as they spread out across the top.
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When the deal was signed, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said: “This agreement puts us at the forefront of sports club sponsorships, which has always been an objective for the current board of directors.”
Talks between the club and company began in 2015 at a dinner in San Francisco organised by defender Gerard Pique.
The former Manchester United defender is a friend of Hiroshi Mikitani, the chairman and chief executive of Rakuten.
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