Barça have paid an initial 16.5
million euros with another four possible according to individual and team
results. Digne’s buy out clause is 60 million euros.
After breaking into the first team at
Lille, he was signed by PSG in 2013 where stayed until 2015. Digne spent last
season on loan at AS Roma, facing Barça in the Champions League group stage. In
total he has played 148 matches for Lille, PSG and Roma, scoring six goals and
recording 13 assists. His pace on left makes him a threat going forward as does
his excellent technical quality on the ball.
Lucas Digne will arrive in Barcelona
on Thursday early in the morning local time to undergo a medical and sign his
contract.
The official presentation of the
player will follow at Camp Nou, photo session on the field at Camp Nou. The
public can access the stadium , press conference in the Ricard Maxenchs press
room. The player will be accompanied by sporting vice president Jordi Mestre,
the director of professional sports Albert Soler and the technical secretary
Robert Fernández.
The ex-Paris Saint-Germain defender has been confirmed as Luis Enrique's latest acquisition. He shares plenty in common with Umtiti: his age, 22, his preference for the left side and an assumed bright future in the game. Digne enters the Blaugrana squad with a tough task on his hands, as he seeks to unseat Jordi Alba out wide.
Barcelona are taking a low-key
approach to the summer transfer market, but the pieces are falling into place.
After Denis Suarez's return and the signing of Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Digne is
the latest new face to be presented at Camp Nou.
Digne spent last season at Roma on
loan, where he netted three goals in 37 appearances. He will begin life at
Barcelona as Alba's direct replacement if the club rotate their ranks, but his
long-term goal will be to achieve what Adriano failed to and wrest the starting
role from the ex-Valencia man.
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