Hleb Transfered From Arsenal To Barcelona: Transfer News
July 16th, 2008
Alexander Hleb’s transfer from Arsenal to Barcelona has been completed.
The 27 year old midfielder from Belarus has cost Barcelona £11.8m and he will be the Spanish giants fifth signing of the summer so far along with Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique, Martin Caceres and Daniel Alves. Although Barcelona managed to snap Hleb up for a bargain so to speak at £11.8M he has a staggering buy-out clause in his contract of £71M.
With Arsenal already having lost Mathieu Flamini this summer and with Gilberto Silva looking set for Panathanikos, Arsene Wenger will now need to bolster his midfield before the start of the season.
