A new African star breaks into the walls of Barcelona... with a 4-year contract

 Several media reports stated, on Tuesday, that Ivorian international midfielder Franck Kissier signed for Barcelona after undergoing a routine medical examination, in order to move to him next summer after the expiration of his contract with his current club AC Milan.

And the "Sky" sports network reported that the 25-year-old decided his move to Barcelona with a 4-year contract after conducting a medical examination in Lugano, Switzerland, and therefore next summer he will leave Milan, who has defended his colors since the 2017-2018 season, first on loan from local rival Atalanta. Then with a final contract as of 2019.

The Ivorian played 214 games for the Lombardy team, which is currently leading the Italian league standings, scoring 36 goals with 16 assists, according to the specialized "Transfermarket" website.

And the reliable Italian journalist, Gianluca Di Marzio, stated that Barcelona and Casey had reached an agreement to transfer the latter to the “Camp Nou” for an annual salary of 6.5 million euros, with the official announcement of the deal to be made in the next few weeks.

After a disastrous start to the season, Barcelona returned from afar and succeeded in making its way to third place in the Spanish League thanks to a series of wonderful results led by its new coach, former midfielder Xavi Hernandez, the last of which was his thrashing of rivals Real Madrid, the leaders, in his stronghold 4-0 Sunday in the twenty-ninth stage. from the league.

Barcelona is currently in third place, three points behind Sevilla and 12 behind leaders Real, with a game in hand.