Keirrison passed his medical with Barca today before putting pen to paper on his five-year contract with the European champions, who have agreed to pay Palmeiras an initial 14million euros for the 20-year-old striker.

Barca have already decided to send the Brazilian out on loan, much like they did 12 months ago with Henrique, who joined in a 10million euro deal from Palmeiras before spending last season with Bayer Leverkusen in Germany.

And Begiristain is confident they will have no trouble finding a European club for their new signing, telling Barca TV: "There are many clubs interested, now we want to get it right so that he can develop as a player and be able to return to Barca.

"He is a player for the future, a similar case to that of Henrique.

"It's difficult to find goalscorers and he is a 20-year-old lad who has scored a lot of goals since he became a professional, both at Coritiba and Palmeiras."