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FC Barcelona’s troubles may be just beginning following termination of $35m Rakuten deal, says GlobalData



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Following today’s news (Thursday 9 September) that Rakuten has cancelled its agreement with FC Barcelona one year early;
Conrad Wiacek, Head of Sport Analysis at GloblaData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view:
“News that FC Barcelona and Rakuten are ending their partnership one year early will not only impact FC Barcelona’s finances in the short term, given its $1bn debt, but may also present serious questions regarding its global commercial footprint moving forward. Rakuten has felt its partnership objectives have not been met and this situation is unlikely to improve with Lionel Messi’s departure from …

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