Barcelona talks with DR Congo leaked ahead of new sponsorship deal

Barcelona reportedly successful talks with DR Congo implicit shot sponsorship woody with war-hit cardinal African country.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has agreed to wage much than $46.37m successful a sponsorship woody with Spanish shot nine Barcelona that would spot a logo promoting tourism look connected immoderate squad apparel, according to a declaration seen by Reuters.

The declaration with Barcelona, seen connected Thursday by the quality agency, is dated June 29 and stipulates that a logo branding the war-hit Central African state arsenic the “heart of Africa” volition look connected the backs of grooming and warm-up jerseys for the men’s and women’s teams.

The logo volition besides look successful advertizing for the nine and successful the nine mag and yearly report, the declaration says.

DR Congo volition wage the nine betwixt $11.6m and $13.3m annually implicit the adjacent 4 seasons, it says.

Details of the woody betwixt DR Congo and Barcelona person not been announced.

AS Monaco and AC Milan past period besides announced sponsorship deals with DR Congo without disclosing the amounts.

Arsenal Football Club successful the United Kingdom is facing disapproval for its sponsorship woody with the Rwanda tourer committee [Andrew Boyers/Reuters]

DR Congo’s Sports Minister Didier Budimbu told Reuters the declaration with AS Monaco is worthy $1.85m per season. He did not disclose the amounts for the contracts with AC Milan oregon Barcelona.

A authorities root said the declaration with AC Milan was worthy $16.2m per season.

DR Congo’s Ministry of Tourism did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Thursday, portion Barcelona told Reuters they had nary remark astatine this time.

In February, DR Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner urged shot clubs Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain to extremity their “blood-stained” sponsorship agreements with “Visit Rwanda”.

The entreaty came little than a week aft M23 rebels seized eastbound DR Congo’s biggest city, Goma, arsenic portion of a lightning advance.

Rwanda denies backing M23, saying it is defending itself.

A study by a radical of United Nations experts obtained by Reuters this period said Kigali exercised bid and power implicit the rebels during their advance, gaining governmental power and entree to mineral-rich territory.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies