Barcelona have reached an agreement with Valencia to take defender Jeison Murillo on loan until the end of the season, with an agreement in place to make the deal permanent for €25m next summer.
With Thomas Vermaelen and Samuel Umtiti currently out of action with injuries, Ernesto Valverde has has been left with Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet as his only available centre backs.
Keen to ease their defensive crisis, Barcelona have moved quickly to sign Murillo on a six-month loan deal, confirmed by the Catalan club on their official website on Thursday evening.