Barcelona expecting to earn around €12-14 million from their pre-season tour to the US

With just four matches remaining until the end of the season, Barcelona have already kickstarted their preparations for the new campaign.

As far as squad building is concerned, Barcelona are already looking to generate fresh revenue through the sale of multiple star players within the squad. Four players, in particular, are in contention to depart Camp Nou this summer.

But player sales will not be the only source of revenue for Barça. According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona are already started selling tickets for the pre-season tour to the United States.

Barcelona are expected to cross the Atlantic for their pre-season tour in the middle of July. They are set to play four matches during their time in the United States, all against European opponents, including arch-rivals Real Madrid in Dallas on July 29.

The other opponents will be Juventus (Santa Clara, July 22), Arsenal (San Francisco, July 26) and AC Milan (Las Vegas, August 1).

The four games are expected to generate somewhere around €12-14 million for Barcelona, which is quite significant for a pre-season tour. It must be mentioned that the Catalans had embarked on a pre-season tour to the US last year as well, where they had notably officiated the Robert Lewandowski deal.

The United States has always been a lucrative destination for European football clubs, as it tends to generate more revenue than the majority of the other hotspots around the world, including Asian countries such as Japan and Singapore.

With Lionel Messi’s future unlikely to be resolved in the near future, it will be interesting to see whether Barça can unveil the Argentine’s return to the US this year. There is even a possibility that the veteran attacker can even be a part of the Barça squad when they kickstart the pre-season tour later this summer.