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Barcelona agree sponsorship deal with DR Congo tourism ministry

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona shirts display Lamine Yamal number 10 before the contract extension ceremony in Barcelona on July 16, 2025.

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • DR Congo will pay the club between 10 million and 11.5 million euros annually over the next four seasons, it says.
  • AS Monaco and AC Milan last month also announced sponsorship deals with Congo without disclosing the amounts.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to pay more than 40 million euros ($46.37 million) in a sponsorship deal with Spanish soccer club Barcelona that would see a logo promoting tourism appear on some team apparel, according to a contract seen on Thursday by Reuters. 

The contract with Barcelona is dated June 29 and stipulates that a logo branding the war-hit Central African country as the "heart of Africa" will appear on the backs of training and warm-up jerseys for the men's and women's teams.