Few opponents have been able to slow Barcelona. But Nike may have inadvertently managed to do just that -- with shirts that absorb too much sweat. A shirt that weighed 200 grams at the beginning of a match can weigh up to two-and-a-half times as much...
27 September 2011
Barcelona's €171 million shirt sponsorship deal with the non-profit Qatar Foundation was approved by a wide margin at a general assembly. club members unanimously accepted the shirt sponsorship deal at a general assembly late on Saturday night, with...
27 September 2011
Barcelona signed a five-and-a-half year shirt sponsorship deal worth up to 170 million euros ($225 million) with the non-profit Qatar Foundation in December touted as the largest sponsorship deal in football history. But the club's decision to collect...
21 September 2011
gone for the thin pinstripe look which burst onto the football scene in the early 80s through iconic clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool, Man United and Leeds. Kenny Webster, managing director of macb; "It's a great strip that's going to look...
13 July 2011
This is the new Barcelona 11/12 away football shirt made by Nike, which is available here. One of the other big changes for the new season is the colour of the away strip, which unlike the last six years, will not be a bright, vivid colour. The shirt,...
18 May 2011
We showed you a leaked picture back in December, and today FC Barcelona’s new kit for the 2011/12 season has been presented, and will be available here. Apart from the addition of the name of the sponsor, Qatar Foundation, the shirt also has the...
17 May 2011
900,000 shirts are sold annually, a number only beaten by North West rivals United, plus Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Liverpool owner John W Henry had said that the club would only spend money that it generates and with Champions League...
22 April 2011
This appears to be the new Barcelona home shirt for the 2011/2012 season made by Nike. The shirt features solid blue sleeves, a red round neck collar with 9 red stripes that appear to get smaller as they go down the shirt, this appears to be an early...
29 December 2010
FC Barcelona have announced that they have reached an sponsorship agreement with the Qatar Foundation worth €170 million over five years and will carry their name on the football first team's shirts. Blaugrana vice-president Javier Faus explained that...
10 December 2010
the study showed. Most Spanish clubs were still failing to attract lucrative sponsors, although if La Liga champions Barcelona, the club with the largest European fan base, chose to have a shirt endorsement the league could rise to third position from...
01 November 2010