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29 August 2022 - 3:30 AM

FC Barcelona are facing significant additional costs from their media rights agreement with US investment firm Sixth Street due to the way the deals have been financed, according to Spanish media reports.

The club have struck two agreements with the American company for the sale of 25 per cent of their LaLiga TV rights income over the next 25 years, which according to Barcelona president Joan Laporta have brought €667.5 million into the club.

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