By Tony Connelly

Barcelona have ended speculation over their lucrative shirt sponsorship after announcing a one-year extension with Qatar Airways.

The new deal will be worth a reported £29.3m (€35m), according to Spanish media reports, which is slightly more than the previous £27.6m (€33m) per-season deal it agreed with Qatar Airways in 2010.

The continued partnership with Qatar began to look unlikely amid reports that the Catalan club were close to agreeing a four year shirt sponsorship deal with Amazon from 2017. The drawn out negotiations even led to the La Liga champions launching their new 2016-17 Nike kit without any sponsor Read full story ›

Source: The Drum