Barça closes the signing of Mathieu

According to the newspaper 'As', FC Barcelona have completed the signing of Jérémy Mathieu for 20 million euros. The agreement was practically closed yesterday as Mundo Deportivo reports.

The French player of Valencia was a top priority of the Catalan club to strengthen its defense. The transaction was closed on 20 million euros, exactly what the club 'che' had demanded from the outset. The only controversy lay in the method of payment. While the club proposed to do it in four installments Valencia in Mestalla require the disbursement of 20 'kilos' is cash. In the end, both clubs have reached an agreement in this regard.

The curious case that the player has embarked Valencia this morning with the rest of his teammates headed to Madrid, heading to Peru, but the player is stuck in Madrid and has not taken the flight to Lima to be formalized recruitment for the club.

23 players on the pitch once again

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  Once again, 23 players trained at the Ciutat Esportiva

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• Training session at morning 17/07/2014

The first team trained this morning in what will be the only session of the day. Luis Enrique worked with the same set of players as on Wednesday evening, namely eight from the first team (Ter Stegen, Masip, Montoya, Bartra, Sergi Roberto, Deulofeu, Afellay and Bojan) and 15 from the reserves (Patric, Bagnack, Edgar Ié, Lucas, Diagne, Grimaldo, Samper, Halilovic, Babunski, Munir, Sandro, Dani Nieto, Joan Román, Dongou and Adama).

Adriano Correia was absent after it was announced yesterday that an abnormal heart rhythm was detected in his medical on Monday, and Rafa Alcántara is also side-lined with a bruised big toe. Luis Enrique continued using work with the ball as one of the main elements of his training schedule.

Cristian Tello, who started the week training with the first team, has now left to go on loan to Porto for two seasons.

Rafinha to undergo treatment on bruised toe

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  Rafinha returned to training on Monday / PHOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ-FCB

The player's presence in training this week will depend on how things develop

Rafinha Alcántara has bruising on his left big toe and will require special treatment over the next few days. As announced by the Medical Services, his presence at training this week depends on how things develop.

Rafinha has been training with the first team since Monday after spending last season on loan to Celta Vigo, where he worked under the current FC Barcelona manager, Luis Enrique.

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