OFFICIAL: Crosas to Celtic

Barcelona has yesterday officially announced a pre-agreement with Celtic Glasgow on the transfer of Barcelona midfielder Marc Crosas (20) to the Scottish champions.

Barcelona will receive a trasfer fee of 500 000 euro° fixed and 900 000 euro° in variables depending on the player's appearances, qualification for the Champions League and titles won.

On the other hand, Barcelona reserves 25 per cent of the economic rights when the player is sold in the future and an option to buy him back at the end of the 2009-2010 season for two million euro°.

Read the complete Marc Crosas transfer story from the first rumours until the official confirmation

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Silva prefers to stay

Asked about the situation of Valencia left winger and Spanish international David Silva (22), Silva's agent Julio Llorente has said to journalists yesterday that the player wants to stay but suggested that Silva would like to see his contract renewed:

"He wants to stay with Valencia. We'll see what will happen but his first option is to stay here. If there would appear other options, we will look at them but at his moment he's very comfortable at this club.

If in the next days something would come up that could change this plan, we'll analyze it and make a decision. David wants to stay and he has a contract. A lot of clubs have shown interest for him, so he wants Valencia to take that into account and show him what he's worth to them, which is normal.

It's logical that other clubs are looking at him since he has played two very good seasons, he played very well at the European championship, which of course leads to offers. But we haven't really looked at them because Valencia has his transfer rights and if they don't say anything to us, he's a Valencia player for the next five years."

Valencia regional radio station LP Punto Radio claims that Valencia has received formal offers from Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and AS Roma but that the club has rejected to start talks and made clear that they don't want to sell the left winger.

Valencia president Vicente Soriano confirmed the wish of the club to journalists: "We're gonna tell his agents that we want Silva to stay with us. I don't think there will be any problems but we're going to talk. Let's see what the result will be." Today a new meeting between the club and the player's agents was scheduled.

Asked about the rumours linking Silva with a move to Barcelona (read more here), Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain has admitted to journalists today that Silva could be an option: "It's a good and interesting player, but not only for us, but also for foreign teams. There are no negotiations ongoing cause Valencia is still thinking about its position and no talks have been started."

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Barça B: Zaragoza confirms transfer of Longas

Second division club Zaragoza has officially announced that Zaragoza midfielder Antonio Longás (23) will play for Barcelona Atlètic next season. Although several papers expected the player to sign today, Barcelona has not yet confirmed the transfer.

All media agree that Longás, who is representented by sports agency Bahía International, will sign a two-year deal with Barcelona but the nature of the deal is somewhat unclear. Catalan sports paper Sport claims that the deal is permanent. Madrid sports tabloid Marca claims that Zaragoza has a buy-back option.

Aragon sports paper Equipo claims that Zaragoza can get the player back for free after one season and will receive 35 per cent of a transfer fee if Barcelona sells Longás.

Aragon regional newspaper El Periódico de Aragón claims that it's a loan deal and that Zaragoza can buy Longás, whose contract with Zaragoza expires in 2010, back for 150 000 euro next summer and for 300 000 euro in the summer of 2010.

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Barça B: Valiente training with Sevilla B

Sevilla regional sports paper Estadio Deportivo claims that Barcelona Atlètic central defender Marc Valiente (21) has signed a three-year contract with Sevilla. The player will join Sevilla Atlético, the second team of Sevilla that plays in the Spanish second division.

After long and difficult negotiations (read more here), Valiente would finally be able to join the club of his choice. Although none of the clubs has already officially announced the deal, Valiente would already have started training with his new team yesterday afternoon.

The paper claims that the Catalan defender could move to Sevilla Atlético on a free transfer. Barcelona would have an option to buy the player back during the next two years and would receive a variable amount of money if Valiente reaches some objectives.

Catalan sports paper Sport confirms that an agreement has finally been reached between the clubs and that Valiente can now sign his contract soon.

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Decision on Eto'o in the coming week

Asked about the situation of Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o (27), Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain has said to journalists that the best thing would be to have a fial decision in the week to come:

"The days are going by and the market is starting to close. The best solution would be to make a decision before the Champions League qualifying matches. We're now in the process of looking at the reactions and especially analyzing how Guardiola is dealing with the group and the player."

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