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Crypto project could fix Barcelona's finances with 'biggest sponsorship deal in history'

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Barcelona, not least because it will be the most lucrative of its type in history.VeganNation and Polkadot are the two companies interested in coming in as sponsors with Barcelona - and if things go ahead, the club could earn up to €80million (£67million) per year.The Spanish giants are currently indebted by more than £1.1billion.

They also have their current deals with Rakuten and Beko expiring in the next six months.However, local media report that they have now received the biggest sponsorship offer in history.VeganNation, which has launched its own cryptocurrency, GreenCoin, hopes to wrap up a deal with Barcelona.

ARA have reported that VeganNation's CEO Isaac Thomas has already met with Joan Laporta, Barca’s president.Their offer will see the Greencoin logo on the front of the first team's shirt and training apparel, while their payment for this will be far superior to what Barcelona earned from Rakuten and Beko.The precise sum has not been publicised, but Forbes report that the final amount would more than alleviate the current financial woes that the club are enduring, even that it could “put an end to Barca's debt and finance a large chunk of the plans for the new stadium and its adjoining complex.”Is cryptocurrency bad for the game?

Tell us in the comments section.The deal would indeed be better than that of the current biggest sponsorship deal - Real Madrid’s current £58million-per-year deal with Emirates, which runs until 2023.Barca went without a sponsor at all for a period when they struck a deal in partnership with the charity 'UNICEF' in 2006.The La Liga side's financial problems have been exacerbated by the departure of Lionel Messi over the summer.

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