No descarta that the barça change of sponsor in 2016

Javier Faus: "The FC Barcelona is not married with Qatar"

Javier Faus: "The FC Barcelona is not married with Qatar"

Published:14/10/2014 - 10:04h

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The economic vice-president of the FC Barcelona, Javier Faus, has explained recently in an interview that the Barcelona club no descarta substitute in 2016 to the current sponsor of the T-shirt, Qatar Airways, because "we are not married with Qatar"

In an interview conceded to "The Avant-garde", Javier Faus has left clear that no descarta that in 2016 the Barça decide to change of sponsor in the Barcelona T-shirt in function of which are the conditions of the offers that arrive them and the ones of Qatar Airways, current "sponsor". "Qatar has agreement until 30 June of the 2016 and will be still in the T-shirt sure until then. According to the new statutes, if there is new sponsor has to decide it the assembly", has signalled.

In this sense, has explained that "in October of 2015 this board will pose his proposal on the T-shirt. We will play it to us with one and if the assembly does not approve it there will be advertising in the 2016-17 because there will be time. Nike demands in October of the 2015 know which is the T-shirt of the 2016. This week have hired to IMG so that it advise us and evaluate us the opportunities of the market. Hire to IMG already is a very important signal: the Barça does not renounce neither refuses to Qatar, but are not married with Qatar", has resolved the economic vice-president.

It will withdraw the advertising of Qatar Airways?

The FC Barcelona is posing seriously the possibility to withdraw the advertising that luce in the T-shirt the first team from 2016, date in which it finishes the agreement with Qatar Sports Ivestment, as it has informed Catalonia Ràdio. In the next months will do a report to check the economic feasibility and to finals of year will present to the managerial board, that will have to take a decision. In case to be accepted the proposal, the Barça would leave of lucir the logo of Qatar Foundation in the T-shirt.

From the past 1 July 2013 Qatar Airways is global main sponsor of the Club. The alliance extends until 30 June 2016, when it finalises the agreement signed in 2010 with Qatar Sports Investment. The global agreement by six years is of some 170 million euros.


Carlos Domínguez
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