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Wearing a Barcelona shirt in the UAE with Qatar Airways advertising could land you in prison for 15 years

Arab superpowers including UAE and Saudi Arabia have cut relations with former Barca sponsor Qatar over claims they support extremism

WEARING a Barcelona shirt in the United Arab Emirates with Qatar Airways advertising could land you in prison for 15 years.

Arab superpowers including the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have cut relations with Qatar over claims they support extremism.

 Wearing a Qatar-branded shirt in the UAE could land you in jail for 15 years
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Wearing a Qatar-branded shirt in the UAE could land you in jail for 15 yearsCredit: Getty Images

They accuse the State of supporting armed militant groups as well as their regional rival, Iran - claims which Qatar say are baseless.


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Saudi Arabia and several other Arab states have suspended flights to and from Qatar, affecting the nation's airline.

Qatar Airways sponsored Barcelona's shirt from 2013, while two years before that from 2011 it was the Qatar Foundation on the jerseys.

Last year Barcelona announced a new four-year sponsorship deal with Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten from the start of next season.

 Barcelona shirt have worn Qatar logos every year since 2011
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Barcelona shirt have worn Qatar logos every year since 2011Credit: Reuters
 The UAE and other Middle Eastern nations are shunning Qatar
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The UAE and other Middle Eastern nations are shunning QatarCredit: Getty Images

 

 Top airlines Emirates and Etihad have stopped all flights to Qatar (pictured)
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Top airlines Emirates and Etihad have stopped all flights to Qatar (pictured)Credit: Alamy
 Passengers who are transiting via Doha to one of the countries in dispute with Qatar will not be able to fly
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Passengers who are transiting via Doha to one of the countries in dispute with Qatar will not be able to flyCredit: Alamy

But according to reports in Argentine paper Ole Internacional, if you are spotted wearing an old Qatar Barcelona shirt in the UAE, you will be slapped with a £110,000 fine or 15 years in jail.

That would be extremely harsh punishment for many people completely besotted with Barcelona, a huge club in the Middle East.

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