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Barcelona sign Christensen, Kessie on free transfers

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AC Milan’s Franck Kessie celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Alberto Lingria/File Photo

Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Denmark defender and free agent Andreas Christensen, the LaLiga club announced on Monday, hours after Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie also joined on a free transfer from AC Milan.

Christensen will sign a contract with Barcelona until June 2026 and his buy-out clause will be set at 500 million euros ($522.20 million), the Catalan club said in a statement.

The 26-year-old centre back helped Chelsea win the Champions League in the 2020-21 season as well as the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 2021.

Christensen, who has 56 caps for Denmark, became a free agent after his contract with Chelsea expired last month.

Kessie has also signed a four-year deal and has the same buy-out clause as Christensen.

The Cote d’Ivoire midfielder left AC Milan at the end of his contract in June after helping the Italian club win their first Serie A title in 11 years last season.

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Barcelona came second in LaLiga last season, finishing behind rivals Real Madrid.

-Reuters

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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