Dortmund confirm signing Barcelona’s Bartra

Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund confirmed on Saturday the signing of Barcelona’s centre-back Marc Bartra as replacement for Germany defender Mats Hummels on a four-year contract.

“We have agreed [terms] with the player and only a few details remain to be cleared up,” Dortmund’s director of sport Michael Zorc told German daily Bild. Dortmund have actioned a release clause in Bartra’s Barca contract allowing him to leave for just eight million euros (Dh33 million) having reportedly sold Hummels, 27, to Bayern Munich for 35 million. The 25-year-old Bartra is part of Spain’s Euro 2016 squad and completed the medical check in Dortmund in the past few days.