Qatar Saves Barcelona from Selling Celebrity Players
The Qatar Foundation’s controversial $200 million sponsorship of FC Barcelona saved the crowned Spanish soccer club from having to sell its celebrity players, including FIFA World Player of the Year Lionel Messi, according to an interview in Le Parisien with the club’s marketing director, Laurent Colette, and a report in World Football Insider.
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