Barcelona have signed a third player in as many days, with Real Betis defender Emerson Royal announced as the latest recruit.
The Catalan giants unveiled striker Sergio Aguero on Monday and Eric Garcia on Tuesday, with the duo signing to join once their deals at Manchester City expire at the end of the month.
Now the LaLiga outfit have exercised the £7.8million (€9m) clause in 22-year-old Emerson's contract at Betis, in a blow to other reported interested parties such as Arsenal, Paris-Saint Germain and AC Milan.
Barcelona and Betis agreed a unique joint-ownership deal when the Brazil international was signed from Atletico Mineiro in his home country in 2019.