Barcelona sell their soul and agree shirt sponsorship deal.

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

FCUTD dont?

 

[Was not Was]

FCUTD dont?

True, but the question is: is there a professional team that has never been paid for sport sponsorship?

 

[Scotty Mac]

another nail in the coffin for the tired and complete inaccurate "barca are hollier than anyone else and a perfect club" argument

 

[Philzo-93]

Spanish Wankers.

Politically incorrect.

They're Catalan Wankers

But seriously Barca are the team to be let's face it. Flair football. Flair shirt. Flair players and a FLAIRTASTIC manager!

 

[Frutos]

Flair shirt.

The rest I can, and do, wholeheartedly agree with, but this? It's RED AND BLUE STRIPES FFS.

 

[Storer68]

so these weren't shirt sponsorships?

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[Frutos]

so these weren't shirt sponsorships?

No, as Barca pay UNICEF for the "privilege" for having their name on the shirts.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Damn shame. After the Albion's SKINT shirt, the Barca UNICEF shirt (OK, maybe not the pink version) was the most iconic shirt in Christendom. Oh well.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

From their website:

ABOUT QATAR FOUNDATION
Qatar Foundation is dedicated to building human capital in a part of the world where the need and potential for human development are considerable.

'Building human capital' - anyone?!

 

[acrossthepond]

Quatar foundation is a non-profit making organisation.

It will also be incorporated into the Unicef sponsorship. Barca have said the Unicef sponshorship will be the largest/most prominent regardless.

So not really that bad.

 

[El Presidente]

another nail in the coffin for the tired and complete inaccurate "barca are hollier than anyone else and a perfect club" argument

You clearly did not see the 5-0 against Real then, with about 7 players who came through the youth ranks.

 

[shaun_rc]

Politically incorrect.

They're Catalan Wankers

Also note that all the way through the last podcast, Stephen Grant kept on about Inigo Calderon being Spanish, when he appears to be a Basque. Like calling Scottish and Welsh people English. Questions were prepared of course though, because the Spanish refernces kept going even after Inigo talked of wanting to play for the Basque representative team...

 

[Philzo-93]

The rest I can, and do, wholeheartedly agree with, but this? It's RED AND BLUE STRIPES FFS.

Doesn't have the scum badge on it does it!? No thought not...

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

If there was any club in the World I would aspire Brighton to be, it would be Barca

 

[Frutos]

You clearly did not see the 5-0 against Real then, with about 7 players who came through the youth ranks.

9 out of the 11 late on in the game:

Valdes, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Bojan, Pedro, Jeffren, Pique

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

f*** me Barca 'sell out' yet Amex is a 'cool' name for a stadium, the mind boggles

 

[Philzo-93]

9 out of the 11 late on in the game:

Valdes, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Bojan, Pedro, Jeffren, Pique

8, Pique was at United for 4 years, therefore not classified as a "Home-Grown player"

 

[seagulls4ever]

No Spanish team can ever get close to being the 'perfect' club. Diving, cheating wankers - the lot of them.

 

[Frutos]

8, Pique was at United for 4 years, therefore not classified as a "Home-Grown player"

He started at La Masia, hence he was one of the players who came through the Barca youth ranks as per El Pres's point to which I was responding.