According to DailymailUk Barcelona are expected to confirm a new four-year shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways before the end of the month worth £48million (€65m) per season.
The four-year deal would include a £22m (€30m) - renewal bonus pushing the agreement's total worth up to £213m (€290m) euros that will help keep the club on a commercial par with Manchester United.
The club's president Josep Bartomeu set the deal in place before elections in the summer. Having been re-elected he now needs the club's members to ratify it at the annual assembly on October.
Despite opposition in the past from members who feel the club should be able to find less controversial alternatives to a brand linked with the 2022 World Cup Bartomeu has however maintained the deal is with an airline not Qatar, and he has argued that it is wholly necessary if Barcelona are to compete in the transfer market with Manchester United.
United's current shirt sponsorship agreement with Chevrolet, worth £52m a season, is the biggest in football while Barcelona's current Qatar Airways deal is for £26m (€35m) a season and ends at next year.
The £22m (€30m) bonus would reward Barcelona for renewing and would be paid at the end of this season meaning the club would pick up the new £48m (€65m) figure for this season, as well as for the next four years.
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