Liverpool miss out on defensive target as Barcelona complete deal

By Greg Lea
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Junior Firpo

Barcelona have won the race to sign Real Betis defender Junior Firpo, according to ESPN.

The La Liga champions will pay an initial £16.5m fee to land the left-back, but the deal could rise to £23m if potential add-ons become effective.

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Greg Lea
Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).