Barcelona have agreed terms with Manchester United to sign defender Gerard Pique on a four-year deal.
The transfer will see the 21-year-old rejoin the Catalan giants, who he left to join United in 2004 at the age of 17.
He is set to sign a contract with the Nou Camp outfit this afternoon.
A statement on the Barcelona website read: "The player will this afternoon sign a contract that will link him to FC Barcelona until June 30 2012 and which will include a buy-out clause of £39.9million (50 million euros).
"With this transfer Gerard Pique returns to Barca, the club in which he began his career as a player between 1997 and 2004, when he left to join Manchester United."
He is set to sign a contract with the Nou Camp outfit this afternoon.
A statement on the Barcelona website read: "The player will this afternoon sign a contract that will link him to FC Barcelona until June 30 2012 and which will include a buy-out clause of £39.9million (50 million euros).
"With this transfer Gerard Pique returns to Barca, the club in which he began his career as a player between 1997 and 2004, when he left to join Manchester United."
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