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Former Liverpool star Javier Mascherano set for Chinese Super League move

Former Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano will leave Barcelona next week before completing his move to Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune.

A report in El Mundo Deportivo states the Argentine will join his new team-mates in a training camp in Marbella after next week's second leg of the Copa del Rey against Espanyol.

The 33-year-old was adamant he wanted to leave the Camp Nou this month, with the Chinese club set to pay £6m annually in wages, a £1m increase on his current deal, with the transfer fee set at £9m.

Mascherano has been out-of-favour at the club most of the season, falling behind Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique in the pecking order, but his current deal runs until June 2019.