Spanish Press: Barca Sign Ibra From Inter For 40m Plus Eto’o

Barcelona have reportedly concluded the transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Inter.

According to Sport, Joan Laporta, Txiki Begiristain and Raul Sanllehi had met with Massimo Moratti late Thursday night and an agreement was supposedly reached around midnight.

The transfer will see the Blaugrana part with €40 million plus Samuel Eto’o and Alexander Hleb, with the Belarussian joining the Nerazzurri on a loan spell.

The Barcelona-based daily believes that Inter had initially informed the Blaugrana that Ibrahimovic was keen on moving to the Camp Nou, at which point the Catalan giant contacted Eto’o, who immediately gave the part-exchange deal the green light after a proposed move to Manchester City fell through.

And when Barca’s own negotiations with Valencia for David Villa all but collapsed, Laporta promptly contacted Moratti to arrange an emergency meeting last night upon receiving a request from team coach, Pep Guardiola to conclude the deal as soon as possible.

It is also speculated that ‘Ibracadabra’ will take a pay-cut in order to play for ‘El Tricampeon’ – and also ensure that he does not eclipse Lionel Messi – while Eto’o has allegedly demanded €13m from the San Siro outfit for a period of five years, or €65 million in total.  

KS Leong, Goal.com