Barcelona have announced a 14-year kit manufacturing deal with Nike worth £1.4bn in what is a record agreement of its kind. Despite murmurs of a fractious relationship between the Catalan club and the American sporting titan the deal will be worth around £105m per season for the LaLiga club.

FC Barcelona used social media and an email sent to the press to announce its new sponsorship deal with Nike which is believed to be the highest-paid in soccer.

FC Barcelona and Nike have extended their relationship. The professional soccer club announced it has entered into a new multiyear partnership agreement with the Swoosh, starting effective this season.