Shakira & Pique earn FC Barcelona a HUGE sponsorship deal
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"Gerard Pique and his Barcelona teammates have regularly formed formidable partnerships on the pitch, but now the Spanish defender and popstar wife Shakira are forging an equally profitable relationship off it.
The power couple played a key role in the club's new mega-money sponsorship deal with Rakuten, after going for dinner with the Japanese company's chief executive, Hiroshi Mikitani, last year.
That meeting laid the foundations for what is now one of the most lucrative partnerships in the world of sport..."...
"The new four-year deal will see Rakuten, an online shopping company, replace Qatar Airways as the club's main shirt sponsor in a deal worth €55 million ($59 million) a year.
Beginning at the start of the 2017/18 season, it will see Barcelona earn a basic €220 million ($236 million) and an additional €1.5 million each time it wins La Liga and €5 million each time it wins the Champions League."...
""This agreement puts us at the forefront of sports club sponsorships, which has always been an objective for the current board of directors," Bartomeu added."
This year alone she had her $1 billion + grossing film Zootopia, then her Latin smash hit La Bicicleta and now a $236 million + partnership for FC Barcelona - all without even trying!
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