Barcelona’s corporate sponsors were heavily in favor of bringing Neymar back from Paris Saint-Germain, according to the Catalan TV show La Porteria.
Rakuten, the Japanese giant that sponsors the front of the shirt, and Nike, the American athletics corporation that creates the kits, pushed for the Brazilian’s acquisition, it is said.
"Sandro Rosell, Rakuten i Nike apretaven perquè Neymar vingués al Barça. Valverde hauria estat encantat"
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https://t.co/sTeDbao7FQ pic.twitter.com/L9LgVb3COo— La Porteria (@Laporteriabtv) September 10, 2019Intriguingly, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, the man who brought Neymar from Brazil to Barcelona in the first place, was also said to be pushing for the move to happen.