Barca welcomes a rain of money thanks to record revenue

The Catalan team set a record $816 million in revenue and achieved a post-tax profit of approximately $21 million.

Barca has just announced its business figures for the 2016-2017 season. Accordingly, revenue set a club record when it reached 816 million dollars. The actual figure exceeded the management's plan by 15 million.

Thanks to record revenue, Barca achieved a profit of 20.75 million. The club's debt decreased by 28.3 million, down to 284.7 million.

The support of the audience is the driving force for Barca's successful business. Photo: Reuters

In the 2015-2016 season, Barca had a revenue of 782.7 million. At that time, many people thought this was the highest number that the Catalan team could achieve.

The revenue that Real Madrid, Barca's arch-rivals, announced last October was only 714.6 million. This does not include player sales.

Barca's revenue could increase even more next season. The team has a new shirt sponsor contract with the Japanese e-commerce group Rakuten, worth 63.4 million per season. The contract with Rakuten is higher than the old contract signed with Qatar Airways./.

According to VNE