BARCELONA have signed Portugal Under-21s international Francisco Trincao from Braga in a £26million deal.
The Catalan club have confirmed the forward, 20, will join on a five-year deal this summer.
Francisco Trincao will join Barcelona in the summer after impressing at BragaCredit: Getty Images – Getty
His contract includes a whopping £420m release clause after Paris Saint-Germain stunned the world by meeting Neymar’s at the time unthinkable exit payment in 2017.
Barca are determined not to be caught out again and have started adding ludicrous clauses, which are required for all players in Spain.
Trincao made his senior Braga debut last year and has gone on to play 11 times – scoring twice and providing two assists.
He has 43 caps across Portugal’s youth teams which have brought a solid 14 goals.
Lionel Messi is reportedly set to sign a new Barcelona contract – but only if he can keep his get-out clause at the end of every season.
Talks were said to be underway in December as club president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed Messi was eager to end his career at the Nou Camp.
He said: “Leo Messi will still play with us for the next two, three, four or five years. I have no doubts about that.
“Surely it will be the wish of all parties, if he (Lionel Messi) feels strong and ambitious, to extend this contract indefinitely.
“Ultimately it is he who must decide. He has earned the right to decide when he will stop playing football. But like he said a few weeks ago, he wants to finish his playing career at Barcelona.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
