Barcelona announced on Thursday that they have completed the signing of Martin Braithwaite from Leganes.
The club have been allowed an emergency signing after injuries to Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele and have made the surprise decision to go for Braithwaite.
Barca have paid his €18 million release clause and confirmed he has signed a contract with the club that runs until the summer of 2024. He has a buyout clause of €300m.
“FC Barcelona have paid the buy out clause of the player Martin Braithwaite and therefore he is no longer contractually tied to Club Deportivo Leganés.