BARCA'S HISTORIC TRANSFER AGREEMENT

Barcelona the La Liga champions made an unusual deal with AS Roma for the transfer of their forward Bojan Krkic in which the Spanish Giants must buy him back in two years time.

Barca agreed to sell them Spain Under-21 international Bojan Krkic for £10.6m payable on 1 July 2013. But they are obliged to re-purchase him before then, for £11.4m at the end of 2012-13 season.

As Roma have agreed to pay the 20-year-old an annual gross salary of £2.8m and have the option of blocking the re-purchase from the Catalan club. But the Italian side would have to pay another £24.7m in three equal payments in July 2013, January 2014 and July 2014.

Barca will try to convince Chelsea FC to sign a similar deal for Oriol Romeu a 19-year-old midfield player and who is set to move to the United Kingdom.

In conclusion, for  a club like Barca this operation appears to be very positive in both economic and sporting terms.