By Tom Gott Barcelona president Joan Laporta has accused Nike of breaching their kit manufacturing contract with the club. Nike first signed with Barcelona in 1998 and have produced the club’s kits ever since, most recently agreeing a 12-year deal back in 2016 that is due to run until 2028 and worth close to £130m annually. Over the past few months, there have been plenty of reports suggesting Barcelona and Nike were not exactly seeing eye to eye, and it was claimed late in 2023 that the two parties were in the process of renegotiating the terms of their agreement. However, the controversy has…
