Spanish champions got themselves a new sponsor

For Qatar's air carrier "Qatar Airways" this will be the last season that Barcelona's players will wear on their t-shirts. On Wednesday the club from Catalonia signed a four year deal with the Japanese company "Rakuten". The new deal will start from 01 July, and the Spanish champions will receive 220 million euros or 55 million euros annually, plus title stimulus in the next four seasons. After the end of the contract in 2020/21, the company will have the option of one year extension. Great merit that Japanese giants are in the team have the defender Gerard Pique, who is a friend with the director Hiroshi Mikitani.
Founded 1997 in Japan "Rakuten" is a leading electronic commerce and Internet services company. Because of that, the company's developing product, one application that we all use as a connection, "Viber" will be the official communication channel of the team.