Thiago Motta has just taken a flight from Barcelona, for Madrid, and will sign for Atletico after completing a medical in the morning.
Thiago Motta has been close to leaving Barcelona for a month now, following the arrival of Yaya Toure from Monaco.
However, Barcelona's refusal to hand him a free transfer had thus far been in the way. Motta had even accused the club of double standards on Thursday morning, as they had handed Gio van Bronckhorst a free move to Feyenoord.
It seems, though, that a deal has been struck between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid late on the penultimate day of the transfer window.
Barcelona had been demanding around 5 millions euros for the Italian-Brazilian, but have settled for around half that sum in order to offload him.
Following the agreement, Motta has left for Madrid. He will complete a medical early on Friday morning before signing for Atletico, who will also complete the signing of Juan Roman Riquelme on the final day.
He was given a standing ovation during Wednesday's Joan Gamper Trophy clash against Inter Milan (he also scored a goal), in what was deemed to be his farewell match.
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