Barça reveal deal to bring Alex Song to the Nou Camp

The Catalan club revealed the 19 million euro signing on their official Twitter account.

Alex Song is a Barcelona player. The Culés have agreed a 19 million euro deal with Arsenal for the Cameroon midfielder. The Gunners announced earlier on their web site that there is an agreement between the clubs and this has now been confirmed by Barcelona via their Twitter account. Under the terms of the contract Song will be playing in the scarlet and blue for the next five seasons. This is the second major signing for the Catalan club after they agreed terms with Jordi Alba at the start of the summer.

Song, who can play as a central or defensive midfielder and has also played as a centre back, will in principle not be a starting pick for Barcelona, with Busquets and Mascherano ahead of him in his preferred positions. Despite this Barcelona and Vilanova consider him to be of vital importance and have put an 80 million euro buyout clause on him.