Barcelona has signed Japanese striker Hiroki Abe from the Kashima Antlers, a club belonging to the Japanese Professional League. FC Barcelona's sponsorship contract with Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten will push the club's revenue north of €1bn ($ 1.1bn ) in next year . The kit sponsorship agreement has been followed by a swift growth for the team in Asia , where the organisation predicts deals will bring in €110m next year , helping grow total revenue by around 70% from €960m in Bartomeu . However, TOKYO 's player salaries equal roughly 4% of the side's revenue, meaning that revenue growth rate must continue to rise above wage increases to remain profitable.
FC Barcelona's sponsorship contract with Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten will push the club's revenue north of €1bn ($ 1.1bn ) in next year . The kit sponsorship agreement has been followed by a swift growth for the team in Asia , where the organisation predicts deals will bring in €110m next year , helping grow total revenue by around 70% from €960m in Bartomeu . However, TOKYO 's player salaries equal roughly 4% of the side's revenue, meaning that revenue growth rate must continue to rise above wage increases to remain profitable.