Barcelona, Spain's champion, announced that it is looking for a sponsor for its stadium for the first time, to collect funds to tackle the pandemic Corona virus.
In a statement issued today, Al-Barasa said that the club’s charitable organization will supervise the process of receiving offers for naming the "Camp Nou" stadium, which can accommodate 99,000 spectators for the 2020-2021 season.
"A fund will be established from the funds that we obtain and will be divided as follows: a portion of a project run by pastoralists to fight the pandemic ... and the remainder will be distributed to other projects being developed," the statement added.
Barcelona were two points ahead of Real Madrid when the competition was postponed indefinitely last month, with 11 rounds remaining at the end.
The virus has so far infected more than two hundred thousand people in Spain, and has killed about 21,282 people.
"We are in a global crisis unprecedented in our modern history, and we must have the courage and responsibility," Barcelona Vice President Jordi Cardoner said. "This is why the club and the Barcelona Foundation consider it important to use all available means to combat the pandemic and its repercussions."
Barcelona is the richest club in the world, according to the latest report issued by Deloitte with revenues of 841 million euros last year, but his financial situation was severely affected by the pandemic.
The Catalan giants last month became the first La Liga club to announce a reduction in the salaries of its players and coaches after agreeing to reduce them by 70% during the period of general isolation in the country, while it deducted an additional 2% of the first-team players ’wages to ensure that non-players receive full wages.