Barcelona closed the 2013-14 season with a club record income of 530 million euros, the first time ever that the end-of-year figure has exceeded 500 million. The net profits this year amounted to 41 million euros, a figure previously only topped by the 49 million euros in the 2011/12 season, and that in the four seasons since 2010-11, when the new Board came into power, the club has an accumulated profit of 113 million euros.

Never before has the club generated such a profit over four consecutive years, which averages out at 35 million euros a year.

Club economic vice president Javier Faus attributed the strong commercial partnerships to the rise in income, while also stating that they will soon target areas such as Russia and Brazil to exploit the popularity of Leo Messi and Neymar.

“We are much stronger and we feel we have a greater presence around the world than we did four years ago."