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.

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Bravo: "Zahvaljujem se Barçi što je vjerovala u mene. Ponosan sam, jer mi se pružila odlična prilika. Motivisan sam što ću braniti boje Kluba. Mislim da ću se dobro uklopiti, jer na sličan način igra moja reprezentacija. U Čileu nisam bio samo golman, već i štoper. Alexis mi je rekao kako funkcionišu stvari u FC Barceloni, te da trebam uživati u ovom trenutku."

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Del Bosque names seven Barça players for Brazil

Jordi Alba, Piqué, Iniesta, Xavi, Pedro, Sergio Busquets and Pedro are included in Spain's 23 man squad to defend their World Cup title in Brazil

FC Barcelona are again the team providing most players for Spain’s World Cup squad, with seven players named in Del Bosque’s final group of 23 to travel to Brazil announced this lunchtime. Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Pedro Rodríguez, Cesc Fàbregas, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba all made the cut from the original 30-man provisional list

After being called up for the friendly game against Bolivia on Friday night, Gerard Deulofeu was the only Barça man not to make the final 23, although he will certainly be in Del Bosque’s mind should he need to call on any late replacements in the case of an injury to any of his players.

Alongside the seven Barça players, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, Reina, De Gea, Albiol, Javi Martínez, Azpilicueta, Juanfran, Koke, Cazorla, Mata, Silva, Torres, Villa and Diego Costa make up the rest of the squad, who travel to the USA on Monday to prepare their second pre-tournament friendly against El Salvador.

FC Barcelona's appraisal of the suspensory effect granted by the FIFA Appeal Committee

The ban on the Club making transfers during the next two transfer windows has been lifted

FC Barcelona has responded positively to the decision announced today by FIFA’s Appeal Committee to provisionally grant suspensive effect to the appeal made by the Club against the sanction imposed by FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee.

The sanction was announced by the FIFA Disciplinary Commission last April 2 and prevented the Club from signing players during the next two transfer windows. FC Barcelona presented an appeal against the measure within the required period.

FC Barcelona declares its utmost respect for the resolutions pronounced by the bodies responsible for sporting justice.