- Barcelona are now the first club to reach $1bn mark in revenues
- Neymar's world record transfer deal to PSG helped the Catalan giants
- They will face Tottenham on Wednesday night in their Champions League tie
Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona are now the first football club in the world $1bn revenue figures mark, and the Catalans even achieved this four years earlier than anticipated.
According to the report by UK Sun, Barcelona announced in a statement that they were able to achieve this success because they are the highest sports earning club in the world.
This is the the fifth consecutive year that the club have broken their own record income, but the first time that they have reached the billion dollar mark.
The transfer of Brazilian star Neymar to Paris-Saint-Germain was also said according to the report to have helped Barcelona to record such high revenue.
Neymar's big buyout clause was accounted for in the end of year report.
Meanwhile, Barcelona are also topping the Spanish La Liga standings this season, and they will face Premier League side Tottenham in their next Champions League match.
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Earlier, NAIJ.com had reported how Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho revealed that he will be glad to see his countryman Neymar returning to Spanish La Liga champions Barcelona.
Neymar left Barcelona last summer for a world record move to PSG in which he won the French Ligue title last term. This season, he has already scored five goals for his club.
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