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OFFICIAL: Barcelona complete signing of Real Betis left-back Junior Firpo

The defender has signed until 2024 with a 200 million euro release clause

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Barcelona have confirmed the signing of Spain U21 international Junior Firpo from Real Betsis on a five-year deal. 

Junior, 22, joins the club for an initial fee of 18 million euros with another 12 million due in variables. His release clause is 200 million. 

The left-back passed a medical on Sunday and was at the club's Congreso Mundial de Peñas later in the day.

He becomes the fourth signing of a busy summer, with Frenkie de Jong, Neto and Antoine Griezmann already signed, while Moussa Wague's been promoted from the B team. 

Junior joins to provide competition for Jordi Alba, who went the whole of last season without a back up in the squad. 

He was born in the Dominican Republic but moved to Spain aged six and won the U21 Euros with La Roja in the summer.

 

Ernesto Valverde will include him in the squad for the tour of the United States, with Barça flying to Miami on Monday for two games against Napoli, the second in Michigan.