Barcelona shirts banned in Saudi Arabia with possible15-year prison Sentence & £120k fine
The Saudi authorities have banned football fans from wearing Barcelona
shirt which is being sponsored by Qatar Airways, with a possible 15-year
prison sentence and £120,000 fine if anyone is caught. The ban comes
after Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Libya,
Yemen and the Maldives cut off all ties with its neighbor, after they
accused Qatar of supporting extremist groups. Although, Qatar have
rejected the claims.
According to Sky Italy, those caught wearing shirts with the Qatar
Airways wording now face a £120,000k fine and up to 15 years in prison.
The Spanish football club that has been sponsored by Qatar Airways for
the past four seasons, have already agreed on a new four-year deal with
Japanese online retailer Rakuten from the start of the 2017-18 campaign.
Barcelona is not the only club affected by political tensions, Ligue 1
giants Paris Saint-Germain was also affected as the French club’s Qatari
owners have a shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates.
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