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Welcome to Barcelona! Like to Buy a Messi Shirt?

August 26th, 2016 · No Comments · Barcelona, Football, soccer, Spain

Estacio Sants is the main train station in Barcelona.

In case you have lost track of where you have stepped off the train from, say, France … the famous local football team has a merchandise store you can hardly miss as you exit the station — one of (by my count) nine such stores in the city.

As we discovered today, the FC Barcelona store almost cannot be missed as you move around the station, and it offers a great opportunity to spend lots of money in a very short time on club paraphernalia.

For example:

Say you would like to have a version of the official Barcelona shirt, and one for your wife, and maybe a full uniform for your toddler

That would set you back about $125 for the official Nike shirt, about $80 for the women’s shirt and about $50 for the toddler full uniform (with socks). But if you want a name on the back of the shirt … “Messi”, perhaps? … figure on $16 per shirt.

Perhaps you want some non-soccer swag, too?

How about Barca basketball shirt? (The club has a pretty good hoops team, too.) Blue or white. Yours for about $30.

In case the 25-minute walk over to Camp Nou from the store in the train station leaves you a bit thirsty, you can get the T1 Flow Swoosh water bottle for $20.

And one I think is an absolute requirement, to make sure your voice is heard by the 90,000-plus fans sure to be at the match, how about a Barca bullhorn? Urge on your heroes, Messi, Neymar and Suarez, et cetera. You can walk out with a bullhorn for $20. (Can’t promise it won’t be taken from you at the gate, however.)

It is impressive how much stuff is jammed into the shop, which seems busy at all times — and must be even more so on match days.

 

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