€50 million top target agrees to join Barcelona, Chelsea set to pull off stunning swap deal with AC Milan and more: Transfer Roundup, 5 January 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Apr 30, 2019 06:13 GMT

Barcelona might have just pulled off a huge transfer

Adrien Rabiot agrees to join Barcelona on a free transfer in the summer

Rabiot, whose current contract will run out at the end of the season is free to enter a pre-contract agreement with a club of his liking. And according to The Guardian, the Frenchman has agreed to join Barcelona on a 5-year deal. He will receive £170,000 per week.

Rabiot will receive a signing-on fee of €10 million. Adrien Rabiot has been part of the PSG team since 2012 and was one of their brightest young prospects when he first emerged on the scene. However, a dip in form in the past two seasons has urged Rabiot to consider a change in setting and has refused to renew his contract with the Ligue 1 champions.

Rabiot is as seen as a long-term replacement for Sergio Busquets. He will join Barcelona in the summer.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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