Pique set for Barca return

FC Barcelona and Manchester United have reached agreement for the transfer of Gerard Piqué to the Catalan club. Gerard, 21, will sign a four-year contract with Barcelona.

The young Spaniard returns to Camp Nou after leaving for Old Trafford in 2004. During his four-year Reds career, Piqué made 14 starts and nine substitute appearances.

Both of Gerard's senior goals came in last season's successful Champions League campaign, against Dynamo Kyiv and AS Roma.

Although Piqué enjoyed his most prominent Old Trafford season during 2007/08, the longstanding central defensive partnership of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic meant his route to regular first-team action was blocked.

比基重返巴塞隆拿

曼聯後衛比基將於來季重返巴塞隆拿，雙方已同意一紙四年合約，轉會費約為五百萬英鎊。



該名廿一歲後衛於 2004 年離開巴塞，以學徒身份加盟曼聯，但一直未被重用。巴塞自新教練哥迪奧拿上任後，積極求變，比基是其未來計劃中的一部分。



上季比基替曼聯上陣十三場比賽，並在歐聯分組賽對基輔戴拿模及羅馬的比賽射入兩球。他的合約原先到明年夏天到期，但由於他始終難以打破李奧費迪南及維迪組成的防線，令他萌生去意。