{"id":13440,"date":"2021-03-06T03:15:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T03:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/fc-barcelona-plans-to-compete-in-the-lpl"},"modified":"2024-07-20T03:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T03:04:22","slug":"fc-barcelona-plans-to-compete-in-the-lpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/fc-barcelona-plans-to-compete-in-the-lpl","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona plans to compete in the LPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish football giants FC Barcelona, home to iconic players like Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho, are looking to enter League of Legends esports via China&#8217;s LPL.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to reports from&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2playbook.com\/clubes\/barca-crea-equipo-lol-en-china-lanzara-juegos-con-su-marca-junto-tencent_2602_102.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2PlayBook<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, the Blaugrana club wants to enter the League of Legends competitive scene by sponsoring one of the LPL&rsquo;s franchise teams, just as PSG has been doing with Talon Esports on the PCS since mid-2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/uRlnWg7YJIb-dXXOpU-iq1aMV_q8XgxcuV0znq6h41E\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL3Bhc3RlZF9pbWFnZV8wLTQ1Ny5wbmc\" alt=\"lpl barcelona league of legends\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Image: FC Barcelona)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to their report, FC Barcelona will implement this formula to save the costs of starting a franchise, such as acquiring the initial license to compete, which is valued at more than five million euros.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, 2PlayBook confirmed that the club already has a business plan to utilize this co-branding through content, sponsorships, and merchandising to generate income. It&#8217;s worth pointing out some of the LPL teams already generate more than ten million euros in income annually.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/4iLP0Oi5N9kcPPwC_TTIOQ-MdVuInI7oM2wXBBuDJy0\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL3Bhc3RlZF9pbWFnZV8wLTQ1Ni5wbmc\" alt=\"barcelona joins lpl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Image: FC Barcelona)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Currently, FC Barcelona has esports teams in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/rocket-league\/itachi-seals-rlcs-dream-joining-fc-barcelona-ahead-of-season-x\">Rocket League<\/a>, eFootball PES, and Hearthstone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: L<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/league-of-legends-battle-academia-2021-skins-champions-price-release-date-and-more\">eague of Legends Battle Academia 2021 skins: Champions, price, release date, and more<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the moment, Tencent, Riot Games&#8217; parent company and LPL organizer, has been working closely with the club to make this arrival in the Chinese league possible, with the chosen team set to be revealed soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish football giants FC Barcelona, home to iconic players like Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho, are looking to enter League of Legends esports via China&#8217;s LPL&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":13441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-of-legends","genre-moba","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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