Barcelona unveil cheeky Raul banner at Madrid store opening

In the official opening of a club store in Madrid, Barcelona took a cheeky dig at their rivals’ expense.

Barcelona opened a new store in Madrid on Thursday and couldn’t resist the chance to poke fun at Real Madrid and legendary striker Raul Gonzalez’s expense.

The club unveiled a huge blue and red banner outside the new store on its grand opening day, with the caption: “Raul is a culer”. The shop itself is located less than 50 meters from Real Madrid’s own club store. It features all the official Barca merchandise you would expect.

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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 1, 2022

Of course, this isn’t the first time that Joan Laporta has played this stunt on Real Madrid. The Barcelona president famously put a banner of himself up during his election campaign, which read: “Looking forward to seeing you again.”

For those of you who don’t know, Raul Gonzalez is a former Spanish striker. He spent almost his entire career at Real Madrid and is the club’s third-highest goalscorer in history, with 323 goals in 741 games, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (450 goals) and Karim Benzema (329 goals).

The 2001 Ballon d’Or runner-up currently coaches Real Madrid’s Castilla team in the Spanish third-tier division.