Barcelona Complete Signing Of Toulouse Defender Jean-Clair Todibo, Earlier Than Expected

Barcelona have signed defender Jean-Clair Todibo from Toulouse to a four-and-a-half-year deal.
Todibo, 19, had agreed to join Barcelona in the summer when his Toulouse contract expired, but the deal has now been brought forward.
Barca are expected to pay around €2 million for the centre-back — significantly more than the amount the Ligue 1 club would have received in development rights at the end of the season.
FC Barcelona and Toulouse FC have come to an agreement over the French player Jean-Clair Todibo, with whom the Blaugrana had agreed a transfer from July 1 2019,” the club signalled in a statement.
“The agreement signed includes the immediate arrival of the French player, who will sign a contract with the club for the next four and a half seasons, until the end of the 2022-23 campaign.
“The French player will wear the number six. A shirt which players like Guillermo Amor, Xavi Hernandez, Dani Alves and Denis Suarez, the last to use it, have worn.”
Jean-Clair Todibo will wear the number six shirt
Toulouse president Olivier Sadran accused Barcelona of being arrogant and claimed they had not acted like a big club. He initially refused to negotiate Todibo’s early release, but his stance softened as the window moved into its final days.